ˈzīən noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: from Zion, height in the northeastern part of Jerusalem, Palestine, that was once the site of Solomon's Temple and the seat of government of the kingdom of Judah and that was later identified with Jerusalem and Palestine as the birthplace and spiritual center of Judeo-Christianity and the earthly abode of God, from Middle English Sion, from Old English, from Late Latin, from Hebrew Ṣīyōn
1.
a. : the Jewish people : israel
b. : the Jewish homeland that is symbolic of Judaism or of Jewish national aspiration
2. also si·on ˈsīən : city of god
3. : utopia
sought to set up perpetual Zions in the backcountry — W.H.Hale