"Sion" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈsaɪ.ən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsaɪ.ən/ [Australia], /ˈsaɪ.ən/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Sion.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -aɪən Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Sion
  1. Alternative spelling of Zion. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Zion
    Sense id: en-Sion-en-name-NdiOzmY- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 14 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 25 23 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 14 entries: 44 20 18 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 23 20 10
  2. A neighbourhood of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Categories (place): Places in India, Places in Maharashtra, India, Places in Mumbai
    Sense id: en-Sion-en-name-0m0INNl7 Categories (other): Neighbourhoods of Mumbai
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: /ˈsaɪ.ən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsaɪ.ən/ [Australia], /ˈsaɪ.ən/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Sion.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -aɪən Etymology: From French Sion, from Latin Sedunum, from the name of the Seduni tribe. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|Sion}} French Sion, {{der|en|la|Sedunum}} Latin Sedunum Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Sion
  1. A municipality and town, the capital of Valais canton, Switzerland. Categories (place): Cantonal capitals of Switzerland, Cities in Switzerland, Municipalities of Switzerland, Places in Switzerland, Towns in Switzerland Translations (capital of Valais, Switzerland): Sitten (Albanian), سيون (Arabic), Сьён (Sʹjon) (Belarusian), সাইয়ন (śaiẏon) (Bengali), Сион (Sion) (Bulgarian), Sitten (Cebuano), Сьон (Sʲon) (Chechen), 錫永 /锡永 (Xīyǒng) (Chinese Mandarin), Сьон (Sʹon) (Chuvash), Siono (Esperanto), Sion (Franco-Provençal), Sion [feminine] (French), სიონი (sioni) (Georgian), Sitten [neuter] (German), Sitte [Alemannic-German] (German), Σιόν (Sión) (Greek), סיון (siwàn) [masculine] (Hebrew), सियोन (siyon) [masculine] (Hindi), Sion (Italian), シオン (Shion) (Japanese), 시옹 (siong) (Korean), Sedunum (Latin), Sjona (Latvian), Sionas (Lithuanian), سیون (Persian), Sião (Portuguese), سیؤن (sī'on) [Western-Punjabi] (Punjabi), Сьон (Sʹon) (Russian), ซียง (Thai), Сьйон (Sʹjon) (Ukrainian), سیون (syon) (Urdu), סיטען (siten) (Yiddish)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name

IPA: /ˈsaɪ.ən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsaɪ.ən/ [Australia], /ˈsaɪ.ən/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Sion.wav [Southern-England] Forms: Sions [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪən Etymology: Two main origins: * Borrowed from Galician Sión, a habitational surname from a place in Pontevedra province. * Borrowed from French Sion, a reduced form of the personal name Michon. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|gl|Sión}} Galician Sión, {{bor|en|fr|Sion}} French Sion Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Sion (plural Sions)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Sion-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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