Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sion

3 senses of sion

Sense 1
Zion, Sion -- (originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites); above it was built a temple and later the name extended to the whole hill; finally it became a synonym for the city of Jerusalem; "the inhabitants of Jerusalem are personified as `the daughter of Zion'")
       INSTANCE OF=> hill -- (a local and well-defined elevation of the land; "they loved to roam the hills of West Virginia")

Sense 2
Israel, State of Israel, Yisrael, Zion, Sion -- (Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine)
       INSTANCE OF=> country, state, land -- (the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries")

Sense 3
Utopia, Zion, Sion -- (an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal)
       => imaginary place, mythical place, fictitious place -- (a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings)