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

A mountain in Israel on which Jerusalem is built.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 2 Samuel 5:7:
  :
  Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
Jerusalem.
(by extension) The whole nation of Israel.
A male given name of modern usage.
A female given name

Derived terms

Translations

mountain in Israel

Arabic: صَهْيُون‎ m (ṣahyūn)
Armenian: Սիոն (Sion)
Catalan: Sió
Cherokee: ᏌᏯᏂ (sayani)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 錫安 (zh), 锡安 (zh) (Xī'ān)
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

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

German

Alternative forms

Sion

Etymology

Hebrew ציון‎ (tsiyón)

Proper noun

Zion m (genitive Zions)

Zion (a mountain)

Derived terms

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