Sion

See also: sion, -sion, Sión, Siôn, síon, Síón, and sìon

English

Proper noun

Sion

  1. Alternative spelling of Zion

Etymology 2

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

Sion

Proper noun

Sion

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

Etymology 3

Two main origins:

Proper noun

Sion (plural Sions)

  1. A surname.
Statistics
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Sion is the 37180th 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.

Further reading

Anagrams

Czech

Proper noun

Sion m inan

  1. Alternative form of Sión

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • Sion in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • Sión in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Si‧on

Proper noun

Sion n

  1. A hamlet in Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), sion”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin Sion, from Hebrew ציון.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sjɔ̃/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Sion f

  1. (biblical) Zion

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Khmer: ស៊ីយ៉ូន (siiyoun)

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin Sion, from Hebrew ציון.

Proper noun

Sion f

  1. Zion

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Sion n

  1. (biblical) Zion

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Sion n

  1. (biblical) Zion

Romanian

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Sion n

  1. Zion

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin Sion, from Hebrew ציון.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Sion m

  1. (Christianity) Zion

Swedish

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin Sion, from Hebrew ציון.

Proper noun

Sion n (genitive Sions)

  1. (biblical) Zion

Derived terms

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