# Sion
## English
### Etymology 1
#### Proper noun

Sion
* 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

From French Sion, from Latin Sedunum, from the name of the Seduni tribe.

#### Proper noun

Sion
* A municipality and town, the capital of Valais canton, Switzerland.

##### Translations
### Etymology 3

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.

#### Proper noun

Sion (plural Sions)
* A surname.

##### Statistics

* 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

* Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sion”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

### Anagrams

* -osin, Ison, ison, Sino-, onis, ions, NOIs, Ions, OSNI, sino-, Soni

## Czech
### Proper noun

Sion m inan
* Alternative form of Sión

#### Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

### Further reading

* “Sion”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “Sión”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin Sion, from Hebrew ציון. Named after a former monastery.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Si‧on

### Proper noun

Sion n
* A hamlet in Rijswijk, South Holland, Netherlands

### References

* van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “sion”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎ (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin Sion, from Hebrew ציון.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sjɔ̃/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: scion, scions

### Proper noun

Sion f
* (biblical) Zion

#### Derived terms

* étoile de Sion
* sionisme
* sioniste

#### Descendants

* → Khmer: ស៊ីយ៉ូន (siiyoun)

### Anagrams

* oins, soin

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin Sion, from Hebrew ציון.

### Proper noun

Sion f
* Zion

### Anagrams

* Niso, niso, sino, sino-, soni

## Latin
### Etymology

From Hebrew ציון (tsiyón).

### Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈsi.on/, [ˈs̠iɔn]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈsi.on/, [ˈsiːon]

### Proper noun

Sion f sg (genitive Sionis); third declension
* (biblical) Mount Zion

#### Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Proper noun

Sion n
* (biblical) Zion

#### Related terms

* Sionfjell
* Sionfjellet
* sionisme
* sionist
* sionistisk

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Proper noun

Sion n
* (biblical) Zion

#### Related terms

* Sionfjell
* Sionfjellet
* sionisme
* sionist
* sionistisk

## Old Irish
### Proper noun

Sion
* Alternative spelling of Sión

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French Sion, from Ecclesiastical Latin Sion, from Hebrew ציון.

### Proper noun

Sion n
* Zion

#### Related terms

* sionism
* sionist

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish Sïón, from Ecclesiastical Latin, from Hebrew ציון (tsiyón).

### Proper noun

Sion m (genitive Shioin)
* (Christianity, Judaism) Zion

#### Synonyms

* (mountain): Beinn Shioin, Sion Shuas

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* Sión

### Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin Sion, from Hebrew ציון.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsjon/ [ˈsjõn]
* Rhymes: -on
* Syllabification: Sion

### Proper noun

Sion m
* (Christianity) Zion

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin Sion, from Hebrew ציון.

### Proper noun

Sion n (genitive Sions)
* (biblical) Zion

#### Derived terms

* sionism
* sionist