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Sion
name, noun
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 Alternative spelling of Zion. alt-of, alternative
"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:"
- 2 A municipality and town, the capital of Valais canton, Switzerland.
- 3 A surname.
Noun
- 1 Obsolete spelling of scion. alt-of, obsolete
- 2 an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal wordnet
Etymology
Etymology 1
From French Sion, from Latin Sedunum, from the name of the Seduni tribe.
Etymology 2
Two 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.
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