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Where does “Sión” come from?

Sión (Old Irish) comes from Ecclesiastical Latin Sion, from Koine Greek Σῑών, from Hebrew צִיּוֹן — Zion.

Ancestry of “Sión”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ecclesiastical LatinSion—
2Koine GreekΣῑών—
3HebrewצִיּוֹןZion
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