Sion
English
editEtymology 1
editProper noun
editSion
- Alternative spelling of Zion
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Hebrews 12:22, column 2:
- But ye are come vnto mount Sion, and vnto the citie of the liuing God the heauenly Ieruſalem, and to an innumerable company of Angels:
Etymology 2
editFrom French Sion, from Latin Sedunum, from the name of the Seduni tribe.
Proper noun
editSion
- A municipality and town, the capital of Valais canton, Switzerland.
Translations
editcapital of Valais, Switzerland
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Etymology 3
editTwo main origins:
- Borrowed from Galician Sión, a habitational surname from a place in Pontevedra province.
- Borrowed from French Sion, a reduced form of the personal name Michon.
Proper noun
editSion (plural Sions)
- A surname.
Statistics
edit- 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
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sion”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
editCzech
editProper noun
editSion m inan
- Alternative form of Sión
Declension
editThis proper noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
editDutch
editEtymology
editFrom Ecclesiastical Latin Sion, from Hebrew ציון. Named after a former monastery.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file) - Hyphenation: Si‧on
Proper noun
editSion n
- A hamlet in Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
References
editFrench
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin Sion, from Hebrew ציון.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editSion f
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Khmer: ស៊ីយ៉ូន (siiyoun)
Anagrams
editItalian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin Sion, from Hebrew ציון.
Proper noun
editSion f
Anagrams
editNorwegian Bokmål
editProper noun
editSion n
Related terms
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editProper noun
editSion n
Related terms
editOld Irish
editProper noun
editSion
- Alternative spelling of Sión
Mutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
Sion | Ṡion | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French Sion, from Ecclesiastical Latin Sion, from Hebrew ציון.
Proper noun
editSion n
Related terms
editScottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish Sïón, from Ecclesiastical Latin, from Hebrew ציון (tsiyón).
Proper noun
editSion m (genitive Shioin)
Synonyms
edit- (mountain): Beinn Shioin, Sion Shuas
Mutation
editScottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
Sion | Shion after "an", t-Sion |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Spanish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Ecclesiastical Latin Sion, from Hebrew ציון.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editSion m
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom Ecclesiastical Latin Sion, from Hebrew ציון.
Proper noun
editSion n (genitive Sions)
Derived terms
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