Zi|on

Zi|on «ZY uhn», noun.

1. a hill in Jerusalem on which the royal palace and the Temple stood.

2. Israel or the Israelites; the people of Israel, whose national religious life centered on Mount Zion.

3. heaven (as the final home of those who are virtuous and truly devout).

4. the Christian Church. Also, Sion.

╂[Old English Sion < Late Latin siōn < Greek Seiōn < Hebrew hill]