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Sion

/sjɔ̃/

proper noun/sjɔ̃/

Zion (a hill in West Jerusalem, in Israel, on which ancient Jerusalem was partly built; a centrepiece to Biblical accounts of old days and future eschatological events)

Related: étoile de Sion, sionisme, sioniste

From Ecclesiastical Latin Sīōn, from Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn), from Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn).