Cion

See also: cion

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Zion, from Old High German Sion, from Ecclesiastical Latin Sīōn, from Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn), from Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn). Doublet of Sìōn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sǐon/
  • Hyphenation: Ci‧on

Proper noun

Cìon m inan (Cyrillic spelling Цѝон)

  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)
    Synonym: Sìōn

Declension

References

  • Cìon”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025