Zion
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- The historic land of Israel as a symbol of the Jewish people. noun …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- The Jewish people; Israel. noun …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- A place or religious community regarded as sacredly devoted to God. noun …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- An idealized, harmonious community; utopia. noun …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- Figuratively, the house or household of God, as consisting of the chosen people, the Israelites; the theocracy, or church of God; hence, the church in general, or heaven as the final gathering-place of true believers: so called from Mount Zion, the holy hill of Jerusalem, the center of ancient Hebrew worship. noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- A hill in Jerusalem, which, after the capture of that city by the Israelites, became the royal residence of David and his successors. noun …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- Hence, the theocracy, or church of God. noun …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- The heavenly Jerusalem; heaven. noun …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- A mountain in
Israel on whichJerusalem is built. proper noun …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) - Jerusalem. proper noun …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com)
- : The whole nation of Israel. proper noun …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com)
- A male
given name of modern usage. proper noun …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) - Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine noun …☝️ Source: WordNet 3.0 (view on wordnik.com)
- originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites); above it was built a temple and later the name extended to the whole hill; finally it became a synonym for the city of Jerusalem noun …☝️ Source: WordNet 3.0 (view on wordnik.com)
- an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal noun …☝️ Source: WordNet 3.0 (view on wordnik.com)
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Etymology
- late Old English Sion, from Greek Seon, from Hebrew Tsiyon, name of a Canaanite hill fortress in Jerusalem captured by David and called in the Bible "City of David." It became the center of Jewish life and worship.
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- zionDanish
- zionGerman
- sionSpanish
- sionFrench
- zionIndonesian
- zionHaitian
- sionHungarian
- zionMalay
- sionNorwegian (Nynorsk)
- sionRomanian
- sionSlovak
- sionSwedish
- sionTagalog
- zionVietnamese
- seionWelsh
- cionoEsperanto
- siionFinnish
- siyonTurkish
- syjonPolish
- siãoPortuguese
- 시온Korean
- ציוןHebrew
- シオンJapanese
- 錫安Chinese
- صهيونArabic
- صهیونPersian
- ਸੀਯੋਨPunjabi
- சீயோன்Tamil
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