Sidon

See also: sidon, Sídon, and Sidón

English

Etymology

From Latin Sidon and Ancient Greek Σιδών (Sidṓn), from Phoenician 𐤑𐤉𐤃𐤅𐤍 (ṣydwn).

Proper noun

Sidon

  1. (chiefly historical) Former name of Saïda, a city in Lebanon, a former city-state in Phoenicia.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Sidon, from Ancient Greek Σιδών (Sidṓn), from Phoenician 𐤑𐤉𐤃𐤅𐤍 (ṣydwn).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /si.dɔ̃/
  • Rhymes: -ɔ̃

Proper noun

Sidon f

  1. Sidon (a city, a state of Levant in Phoenicia), now the modern day Saïda in Lebanon.

Derived terms

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σιδών (Sidṓn), from Phoenician 𐤑𐤉𐤃𐤅𐤍 (ṣydwn).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sīdōn f sg (genitive Sīdōnis); third declension

  1. Sidon (a city-state in Levant in Phoenicia) (a Phoenician city in modern Lebanon)

Declension

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Sīdōn
Genitive Sīdōnis
Dative Sīdōnī
Accusative Sīdōnem
Ablative Sīdōne
Vocative Sīdōn
Locative Sīdōnī
Sīdōne

Descendants
  • English: Sidon
  • Catalan: Sidó
  • French: Sidon
  • Italian: Sidone
  • Ligurian: Sidón
  • Lombard: Sidun
  • Portuguese: Sídon
  • Romanian: Sidon
  • Sicilian: Siduni
  • Spanish: Sidón

References
  • “Sidon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Sidon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Sidon f

  1. Alternative spelling of Sídon
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