zion (plural zions)

1. zayin, Hebrew letter ז.

• IPA: /ˈzaɪ.ən/, /ˈzaɪˌɒn/

1. A mountain in Israel on which Jerusalem is built.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, 2 Samuel 5:7 ↗:

     :

     Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.

2. Jerusalem.
3. (by extension) The whole nation of Israel.
4. A male given name of modern usage.
5. A female given name

• French: Sion
• German: Zion
• Portuguese: Sião
• Russian: Сио́н
• Spanish: Sion