Zion

See also: zion and zioń

English

Alternative forms

• Sion

Etymology

From Hebrew ציון (tsiyón)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzaɪ.ən/, /ˈzaɪˌɒn/
• Rhymes: -aɪən

Proper noun

Zion

1. A mountain in Israel on which Jerusalem is built.
   • Template:RQ:Authorized Version:

     Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.

2. Jerusalem.
3. (by extension) The whole nation of Israel.
4. A male given name from Hebrew of modern usage.
5. A female given name

Derived terms

• Zionism
• Zionist
• Zionistic
• Zionize, Zionization

 

Translations

mountain in Israel

• Arabic: صَهْيُون m (ṣahyūn)
• Armenian: Սիոն (Sion)
• Catalan: Sió (ca)
• Cherokee: ᏌᏯᏂ (sayani)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 錫安／锡安 (zh) (Xī'ān), 锡安 (zh) (Xī'ān)

• Czech: Sión (cs) m
• Danish: Zion
• Finnish: Siion
• French: Sion (fr)
• German: Zion (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: Σιών (Siṓn)

• Hebrew: ציון (he) f (tsiyón)
• Irish: Síón m, Sliabh Shíón m
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• Japanese: ザイオン (Zaion), シオン (Shion)
• Latin: Sīōn
• Navajo: dził Záíyan
• Norwegian: Sion (no)
• Persian: صهیون (fa) (sahyun)
• Polish: Syjon (pl)
• Portuguese: Sião
• Russian: Сио́н (ru) m (Sión)
• Serbo-Croatian: Cìon (sh) m
• Slovak: Sion m
• Spanish: Sion (es) m
• Swedish: Sion
• Volapük: Siun
• Yiddish: ציון f (Tsien)

Anagrams

• zino

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German

Alternative forms

• Sion

Etymology

Hebrew ציון (tsiyón)

Proper noun

Zion m (proper noun, strong, genitive Zions)

1. Zion (a mountain)

Derived terms

• Zionismus
• Zionist
• Zionit