Sidon

See also: sidon, Sídon, and Sidón

English

Etymology

From Latin Sidon and Ancient Greek Σιδών (Sidṓn), from Phoenician 𐤑𐤉𐤃𐤅𐤍 (ṣydwn).

Proper noun

Sidon

(chiefly historical) Former name of Saïda: a city in Lebanon; a former city-state in Phoenicia.

Derived terms

Translations

city state of Phoenicia — see also Saïda

Anagrams

NODIS, donis, Indos, NOIDs, Donis, dinos, DINOs

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Sīdōn, from Ancient Greek Σιδών (Sidṓn), from Phoenician 𐤑𐤉𐤃𐤅𐤍 (ṣydwn).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /si.dɔ̃/
Rhymes: -ɔ̃

Proper noun

Sidon f

Sidon (a city, a state of Levant in Phoenicia), now the modern day Saïda in Lebanon.

Derived terms

Sidonie

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σιδών (Sidṓn), from Phoenician 𐤑𐤉𐤃𐤅𐤍 (ṣydwn).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsiː.doːn]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsiː.d̪on]

Proper noun

Sīdōn f sg (genitive Sīdōnis); third declension

Sidon (a city-state in Levant in Phoenicia) (a Phoenician city in modern Lebanon)

Declension

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Sīdōn
genitive	Sīdōnis
dative	Sīdōnī
accusative	Sīdōnem
ablative	Sīdōne
vocative	Sīdōn
locative	Sīdōnī Sīdōne

Descendants

English: Sidon
Catalan: Sidó
French: Sidon
Italian: Sidone
Ligurian: Sidón
Lombard: Sidun
Portuguese: Sídon
Romanian: Sidon
Sicilian: Siduni
Spanish: Sidón

References

“Sidon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Sidon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Sidon f

alternative spelling of Sídon