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)
  • Homophones: scion, scions

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

Old Irish

Proper noun

Sion

  1. Alternative spelling of Sión

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
Sion Ṡion unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Romanian

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Sion n

  1. Zion

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish Sïón, from Ecclesiastical Latin, from Hebrew ציון (tsiyón).

Proper noun

Sion m (genitive Shioin)

  1. (Christianity, Judaism) Zion

Synonyms

  • (mountain): Beinn Shioin, Sion Shuas

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
SionShion
after "an", t-Sion
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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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