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

English

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Etymology 1

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Sion

  1. Alternative spelling of Zion

Etymology 2

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

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Sion

  1. A municipality and town, the capital of Valais canton, Switzerland.
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Etymology 3

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Two main origins:

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Sion (plural Sions)

  1. A surname.
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  • 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.

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Czech

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Proper noun

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Sion m inan

  1. Alternative form of Sión

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Further reading

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

Dutch

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Etymology

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

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Si‧on

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Sion n

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

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  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “sion”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin Sion, from Hebrew ציון.

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Sion f

  1. (biblical) Zion

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Descendants

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  • Khmer: ស៊ីយ៉ូន (siiyoun)

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin Sion, from Hebrew ציון.

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Sion f

  1. Zion

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Sion n

  1. (biblical) Zion
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Sion n

  1. (biblical) Zion
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Old Irish

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Proper noun

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Sion

  1. Alternative spelling of Sión

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
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

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Etymology

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

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Sion n

  1. Zion
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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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

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Sion m (genitive Shioin)

  1. (Christianity, Judaism) Zion

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Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ecclesiastical Latin Sion, from Hebrew ציון.

Pronunciation

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

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Sion m

  1. (Christianity) Zion

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Ecclesiastical Latin Sion, from Hebrew ציון.

Proper noun

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Sion n (genitive Sions)

  1. (biblical) Zion

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