Sion

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 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. 2
    A municipality and town, the capital of Valais canton, Switzerland.
  3. 3
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of scion. alt-of, obsolete
  2. 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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