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Sion

[Fr. syawn]

–noun

a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland. 23,100.

[sahy-uh

–noun

[zahy-uh

–noun

1.	a hill in Jerusalem, on which the Temple was built (used to symbolize the city itself, esp. as a religious or spiritual center).

2.	the Jewish people.

3.	Palestine as the Jewish homeland and symbol of Judaism.

4.	heaven as the final gathering place of true believers.

5.	a city in NE Illinois. 17,861.

Also, Sion (for defs. 1–4).

Origin:
bef. 1000; < Heb sīyyōn; r. ME, OE Sion < LL (Vulgate) Siōn < Gk (Septuagint) Sei

n < Heb, as above

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Zi·on (zī'ən)

1. The historic land of Israel as a symbol of the Jewish people.
2. The Jewish people; Israel.
A place or religious community regarded as sacredly devoted to God.
An idealized, harmonious community; utopia.

[Middle English Sion, from Old English, from Late Latin Siōn, from Greek Seiōn, from Hebrew ṣiyyôn; see ṣwy² in Semitic roots.]

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