Zion

noun

ˈzī-ən How to pronounce Zion (audio)
variants also Sion
Definition of Zionnext
1
as in sky
a dwelling place of perfect happiness for the soul after death found the path to Zion by doing penance for the wayward ways of her youth

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2
as in utopia
an often imaginary place or state of utter perfection and happiness Robert Owen's New Harmony, Indiana, was but one of many attempts to establish an American Zion

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  1. sky
  2. utopia
  3. heaven
  4. paradise
  5. bliss
  6. glory
Noun
  • Bright stars or planets such as Venus may shine in the dark sky, and the air temperature will drop as the sun disappears.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
  • One of the best meteor showers of the year peaks this week, and Mother Nature has given us an almost perfect setup in the sky.
    — Joe Ruch, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of sky
Noun
  • Turner gave me a framework for understanding how a profoundly anti-institutional ethos took hold, one that treated democratic institutions as obstacles to be bulldozed on the way to cyber-utopia.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Elon Musk and this sort of fantasy of a future techno-utopia Gaza.
    — Tonya Mosley, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of utopia
Noun
  • Sounds like heaven to me, but your security posture mileage may vary!
    — Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Its purpose is to take deep panoramic images of the sky, over and over again, every clear night across the next 10 years, making what amounts to a decade-spanning ultrahigh-definition timelapse movie of the entire heavens.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 24 July 2026
Definition of heaven
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  • Memories of paradise Sentir Cubano holds that prosperous paradise so many Cubans remember.
    — Sarah Moreno August 7, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026
  • With its iconic canals, Gothic architecture, Moorish windows, and artisan legacy spanning everything from Murano glass and Burano lace to terrazzo flooring, Venice is a design lover's paradise.
    — Madeline Weinfield, Architectural Digest, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of paradise
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  • Before the whole scene of domestic bliss is cut short, Cruz and Josie discuss their looming irrelevance as human foot soldiers in a future of wars fought by machines, finding brief solace in each other’s out-of-uniform bodies.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 9 Aug. 2026
  • There’s a shot of Banderas biting into a tomato that’s pure bliss for him and us.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of bliss
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  • Production designer Ryan Warren Smith (The Holdovers), costume designer Chloe Karmin (Succession), and music supervisor Mandy Mamlet (Challengers) were among the crew members tasked with restoring P-town to its glory, circa 1975.
    — Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Both of them have erotic fixations with that original Miasma, which requires stepping back into the movie — and the glories of the disreputable genre itself.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of glory
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“Zion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Zion. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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