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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Sion (Fr. syôn),USA pronunciation n. - Place Names, Judaisma town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland. 23,100.
Si•on (sī′ən),USA pronunciation n. - Zion.
-sion, - a noun suffix appearing in loanwords from Latin:compulsion.Cf. -tion.
- Latin, equivalent. to -s(us), variant of -tus past participle suffix + -iōn- -ion
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Zi•on (zī′ən),USA pronunciation n. - Place Names, Judaisma hill in Jerusalem, on which the Temple was built (used to symbolize the city itself, esp. as a religious or spiritual center).
- Judaismthe Jewish people.
- JudaismPalestine as the Jewish homeland and symbol of Judaism.
- heaven as the final gathering place of true believers.
- Place Namesa city in NE Illinois. 17,861.
Also, Sion (for defs. 1–4). - Hebrew, as above
- Greek (Septuagint) Seió̄n
- Late Latin (Vulgate) Siōn
- Hebrew sīyyōn; replacing Middle English, Old English Sion
- bef. 1000
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Sion n - /French: sjɔ̃/ a town in SW Switzerland, capital of Valais canton, on the River Rhône. Pop: 27 171 (2000)
Latin name: Sedunum - /ˈsaɪən/
a variant of Zion
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Zion /ˈzaɪən/, Sion n - the hill on which the city of Jerusalem stands
- the ancient Israelites of the Bible
- the modern Jewish nation
- Israel as the national home of the Jewish people
- heaven regarded as the city of God and the final abode of his elect
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