But ye are come vnto mount Sion, and vnto the citie of the liuing God the heauenly Ieruſalem, and to an innumerable company of Angels: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Hebrews 12:22, column 2:
From French Sion, from Latin Sedunum, from the name of the Seduni tribe.
Meanings
A municipality and town, the capital of Valais canton, Switzerland.
Translations (32)
be Сьён (capital of Valais, Switzerland) · frp Sion (capital of Valais, Switzerland) · el Σιόν (capital of Valais, Switzerland) · bg Сион (capital of Valais, Switzerland) · fr Sion (capital of Valais, Switzerland) · yi סיטען (capital of Valais, Switzerland) · cv Сьон (capital of Valais, Switzerland) · pt Sião (capital of Valais, Switzerland) · eo Siono (capital of Valais, Switzerland) · uk Сьйон (capital of Valais, Switzerland) · ar سيون (capital of Valais, Switzerland) · gsw Sitte (capital of Valais, Switzerland) · lt Sionas (capital of Valais, Switzerland) · ja シオン (capital of Valais, Switzerland) · bn সাইয়ন (capital of Valais, Switzerland) · th ซียง (capital of Valais, Switzerland) · lv Sjona (capital of Valais, Switzerland) · ru Сьон (capital of Valais, Switzerland) · fa سیون (capital of Valais, Switzerland) · ce Сьон (capital of Valais, Switzerland) · hi सियोन (capital of Valais, Switzerland) · pnb سیؤن (capital of Valais, Switzerland) · ka სიონი (capital of Valais, Switzerland) · ko 시옹 (capital of Valais, Switzerland) · cmn 錫永 /锡永 (capital of Valais, Switzerland) · de Sitten (capital of Valais, Switzerland) · it Sion (capital of Valais, Switzerland) · he סיון (capital of Valais, Switzerland) · sq Sitten (capital of Valais, Switzerland) · ur سیون (capital of Valais, Switzerland) · ceb Sitten (capital of Valais, Switzerland) · la Sedunum (capital of Valais, Switzerland)
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.