English Explanatory Dictionary

Zion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A hill in Jerusalem, Israel, on which ancient Jerusalem was partly built; a centrepiece to Biblical accounts of old days and future eschatological events.
  2. Jerusalem city proper; or more strictly speaking, the Temple Mount.
  3. The whole nation of Israel.
  4. A male given name from Hebrew.
  5. A female given name.
  6. An association of the righteous.
  7. A city and township in Lake County, Illinois, United States.
noun
  1. zayin, Hebrew letter ז.

Pronunciation

/ˈzaɪ.ən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Zion.wav

Word forms

Zion Sion zions

Etymology

Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn)bor. Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn)bor. Ecclesiastical Latin Sīōnbor. Old English Syon Middle English Sion Early New High German Zioninflu.? English Zion From Middle English Sion, from Old English Syon, from Ecclesiastical Latin Sīōn, from Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn), from Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn). Initial Z- was likely under influence from Early New High German Zion, itself influenced by the Ashkenazi pronunciation /t͡s/.

Synonyms

Mount Zion Moriah Mount of myrrh

Related words

Holy Land Mount of Olives

Derived words

New Zion Zion curtain Zion Don Zionism Zionist Zionize Zionophobia

Translations

Amharic: ጽዮን Arabic: صَهْيُون Arabic: صِهْيُون Arabic: صُهْيُون Arabic: صِهْيَوْن Aramaic: ܨܸܗܝܘܿܢ Armenian: Սիոն Belarusian: Сіён Belarusian: Сыён Bengali: সিয়োন Bengali: জায়ন Bulgarian: Цио́н Catalan: Sió Cherokee: ᏌᏯᏂ Chinese Cantonese: 錫安 /锡安 Chinese: 錫安 /锡安 Chinese: 郇 Chinese Mandarin: 錫安 /锡安 Czech: Sión Danish: Zion Estonian: Siion Finnish: Siion French: Sion Georgian: სიონი German: Zion Ancient Greek: Σιών Hebrew: ציון \ צִיּוֹן Hindi: सिय्योन Irish: Síón Irish: Sliabh Shíón Japanese: ザイオン Japanese: シオン Kazakh: Сион Khmer: ស៊ីយ៉ូន Korean: 시온 Latin: Sīōn Malay: Zion Malayalam: സെഹ്യോൻ Malayalam: സിയ്യോൻ Navajo: dził Záíyan Norwegian Bokmål: Sion Norwegian Nynorsk: Sion Persian: صهیون Polish: Syjon Portuguese: Sião Russian: Сио́н Scottish Gaelic: Sion Serbo-Croatian: Цѝон Serbo-Croatian: Сѝо̄н Serbo-Croatian: Cìon Serbo-Croatian: Sìōn Slovak: Sion
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