Sion

Sion

1. Alternative spelling of Zion.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Hebrews 12:22, column 2:

     But ye are come vnto mount Sion, and vnto the citie of the liuing God the heauenly Ieruſalem, and to an innumerable company of Angels:

From French Sion, from Latin Sedunum, from the name of the Seduni tribe.

Sion

1. A municipality and town, the capital of Valais canton, Switzerland.

Two main origins:

• Borrowed from Galician Sión, a habitational surname from a place in Pontevedra province.
• Borrowed from French Sion, a reduced form of the personal name Michon.

Sion (plural Sions)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sion is the 37180^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 600 individuals. Sion is most common among White (47.0%), Black/African American (25.5%), Hispanic/Latino (14.17%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (10.5%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sion”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• -osin, Ison, ison, Sino-, onis, ions, NOIs, Ions, OSNI, sino-, Soni

Sion m inan

1. Alternative form of Sión

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

• “Sion”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Sión”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

From Ecclesiastical Latin Sion, from Hebrew ציון. Named after a former monastery.

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• Hyphenation: Si‧on

Sion n

1. A hamlet in Rijswijk, South Holland, Netherlands

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “sion”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin Sion, from Hebrew ציון.

• IPA^(key): /sjɔ̃/

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• Homophones: scion, scions

Sion f

1. (biblical) Zion

• étoile de Sion
• sionisme
• sioniste

• → Khmer: ស៊ីយ៉ូន (siiyoun)

• oins, soin

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin Sion, from Hebrew ציון.

Sion f

1. Zion

• Niso, niso, sino, sino-, soni

From Hebrew ציון (tsiyón).

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.on/, [ˈs̠iɔn]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.on/, [ˈsiːon]

Sion f sg (genitive Sionis); third declension

1. (biblical) Mount Zion

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Sion n

1. (biblical) Zion

Sion n

1. (biblical) Zion

Sion

1. Alternative spelling of Sión

Borrowed from French Sion, from Ecclesiastical Latin Sion, from Hebrew ציון.

Sion n

1. Zion

From Old Irish Sïón, from Ecclesiastical Latin, from Hebrew ציון (tsiyón).

Sion m (genitive Shioin)

1. (Christianity, Judaism) Zion

• (mountain): Beinn Shioin, Sion Shuas

• Sión

From Ecclesiastical Latin Sion, from Hebrew ציון.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsjon/ [ˈsjõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: Sion

Sion m

1. (Christianity) Zion

From Ecclesiastical Latin Sion, from Hebrew ציון.

Sion n (genitive Sions)

1. (biblical) Zion

• sionism
• sionist