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
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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: 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
edit- “Sion”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “Sión”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
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, South 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
editLatin
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsi.ɔn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsiː.on]
Proper noun
editSion f sg (genitive Sionis); third declension
Declension
editThird-declension noun, singular only.
singular | |
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nominative | Sion |
genitive | Sionis |
dative | Sionī |
accusative | Sionem |
ablative | Sione |
vocative | Sion |
Norwegian Bokmål
editProper noun
editSion n
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editNorwegian Nynorsk
editProper noun
editSion n
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editOld Irish
editProper noun
editSion
- Alternative spelling of Sión
Mutation
editradical | lenition | nasalization |
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Sion | Ṡion | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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
editSpanish
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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- en:Municipalities of Switzerland
- en:Towns in Switzerland
- en:Cities in Switzerland
- en:Cantonal capitals
- en:Places in Switzerland
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- English countable nouns
- English surnames
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- nl:Villages in South Holland, Netherlands
- nl:Villages in the Netherlands
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- nl:Places in the Netherlands
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- gd:Christianity
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