Sião

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

Sião m

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)

• sionista

From earlier Siam, Sciam, borrowed from Thai สยาม (sà-yǎam, “Siam, historical name”), from Pali suvaṇṇabhūmi (“land of gold”) or Sanskrit श्याम (śyāma, “dark”) or Mon ရာမည (rhmañña, “stranger”), probably the same root as Shan and Assam.

• Sciam, Siam (obsolete)

Sião m

1. (historical) Siam (former name of Thailand: a country in Southeast Asia)

• siamês

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

Sião m

1. Sion (a municipality and town, the capital of Valais canton, Switzerland)