Zion

Zi·on

noun \ˈzī-ən\

Definition of ZION

1

a : the Jewish people : israel

2

: heaven

3

: utopia

Variants of ZION

Zi·on also Si·on \ˈsī-ən\

Origin of ZION

Middle English Sion, from Old English, citadel in Palestine which was the nucleus of Jerusalem, from Late Latin, from Greek Seiōn, from Hebrew Ṣīyōn

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to ZION

Synonyms: above, bliss, elysian fields, Elysium, empyrean, kingdom come, New Jerusalem, paradise, sky, heaven (also Sion)

Antonyms: Gehenna, hell, Pandemonium, perdition

Related Words: Beulah, glory, happy hunting ground, nirvana, promised land, Valhalla; afterlife, afterworld, hereafter, otherworld

Near Antonyms: inferno; limbo, purgatory; hades, netherworld, underworld; abyss, pit

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