ស៊ីយ៉ូន

Khmer

Etymology

Borrowed from French Sion, from Ecclesiastical Latin Sīōn, from Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn), from Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ស៊ីយ៉ូន
s′īy″ūn
WT romanisation siiyoun
(standard) IPA(key) /siː.ˈjoun/

Proper noun

ស៊ីយ៉ូន • (siiyoun)

  1. (biblical) Zion (a hill in Jerusalem, Israel, on which ancient Jerusalem was partly built; a centrepiece to Biblical accounts of old days and future eschatological events)