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noun
1. originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites); above it was built a temple and later the name extended to the whole hill; finally it became a synonym for the city of Jerusalem
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the inhabitants of Jerusalem are personified as `the daughter of Zion'
• Syn: ↑Zion
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑hill
• Part Holonyms: ↑Jerusalem, ↑capital of Israel
2. Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine
• Syn: ↑Israel, ↑State of Israel, ↑Yisrael, ↑Zion
• Members of this Region:
↑al-Fatah, ↑Fatah, ↑al-Asifa, ↑Fatah Tanzim, ↑Tanzim, ↑Kahane Chai, ↑Kach, ↑Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command, ↑PFLP-GC, ↑15 May Organization, ↑Qassam Brigades, ↑Salah al-Din Battalions, ↑Iz Al-Din Al-Qassam Battalions, ↑kibbutz, ↑moshav, ↑Haganah, ↑Israeli Defense Force, ↑IDF, ↑Sayeret Matkal, ↑Sayeret Mat'kal, ↑sayeret, ↑A'man, ↑Mossad, ↑Shin Bet, ↑General Security Services
• Part Holonyms: ↑Middle East, ↑Mideast, ↑Near East
• Member Meronyms: ↑Israeli
• Part Meronyms:
↑Acre, ↑Akko, ↑Akka, ↑Accho, ↑West Bank, ↑Galilee, ↑Gaza Strip, ↑Gaza, ↑Golan Heights, ↑Golan, ↑Jerusalem, ↑capital of Israel, ↑Caesarea, ↑Sodom, ↑Gomorrah, ↑Gomorrha, ↑Tel Aviv, ↑Tel Aviv-Yalo, ↑Tel Aviv-Jaffa, ↑Hefa, ↑Haifa, ↑Negev, ↑Negev Desert, ↑Dead Sea, ↑Mount Carmel
3. an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal
• Hypernyms: ↑imaginary place, ↑mythical place, ↑fictitious place
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Usage: usually capitalized
variant of zion
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Fr. /syawonn/, n.
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland. 23,100.
/suy"euhn/, n.
Zion.
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['sīən]n. variant spelling of Zion
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Sion(er etc.:see Zioner, etc.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.