Syjon

Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin Sīōn.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɘ.jɔn/

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• Rhymes: -ɘjɔn
• Syllabification: Sy‧jon

Syjon m inan (related adjective syjoński)

1. (biblical) Zion (a hill in Jerusalem, Israel, on which ancient Jerusalem was partly built; a centrepiece to Biblical accounts of old days and future eschatological events)
2. (figuratively) Jerusalem (the claimed (and de-facto) capital city of Israel; the claimed capital city of Palestine)

   Synonym: Jerozolima

• “Syjon”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)
• Syjon in PWN's encyclopedia