Sion
Sion may be a transliteration of Zion or may refer to:
Name
- Siôn or Sion, a usually Welsh given name and surname
- Constantin Sion, Moldavian chronicler
- Gheorghe Sion, Moldavian and Romanian poet and playwright
Places and jurisdictions
- Europe
- Sion, Switzerland, the capital of Valais, Switzerland
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Sion, a (former prince-)bishopric in Switzerland
- Sion (district) including the city above
- Sion Airport
- Sion (Asia Minor), an Ancient city, former bishopric and present latin catholic titular see in Asian Turkey
- Sion, Czech Republic, a castle near Kutná Hora in the Czech Republic
- Sion, Netherlands, a hamlet in Rijswijk, Netherlands
- Abdij Sion or Sion Abbey, in Diepenveen, Overijssel, Netherlands
- Sion Mills, a village in Northern Ireland
- Sion Hill Place, Bath, a building in Bath, Somerset, England
- Saxon-Sion, a municipality in Meurthe-et-Moselle department, France
- Sion, Gers, a commune in Gers department, France
- Sion-les-Mines, a commune in Loire-Atlantique department, France
- Sion sur l'océan a village in Vendee department,France
- Elsewhere
- Sion, Mumbai, a suburb of Mumbai, India
- Sion Farm, United States Virgin Islands, a settlement in the United States
- Sion Hill, United States Virgin Islands, a settlement in the United States
- Sion Hill, a landmark in Havre de Grace, Maryland, United States
- Sion. a small community near Grand Fork, BC where Ron Ball keeps his goats.
Other religious uses
- Abbey of Sion or Abbey of Our Lady of Mount Zion, a medieval monastic order
- Benei Sión, an ethno-religious group in South America
- Congregation of Our Lady of Sion, a Roman Catholic missionary organization
- Gereja Sion, a church in Jakarta, Indonesia
- Lauda Sion, a hymn written by St. Thomas Aquinas c. 1264
- Priory of Sion, a French fraternal organization founded in 1956, and subsequent fictional organizations
- Sion Abbey or Syon Abbey, a medieval monastery in Middlesex, England
- Sion (periodical), official organ of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem
Schools
- Marist-Sion College, a Catholic school in Warragul, Victoria, Australia
- Mount Sion Primary School, a Catholic school in Waterford City, Ireland
- Notre Dame de Sion, a Catholic school in Kansas City, Missouri, United States
- Our Lady of Sion College, a Catholic school in Box Hill, Melbourne, Australia
- Our Lady of Sion School, a Catholic school in Worthing, West Sussex, England
- Sion College, a body of Anglican priests in London, formerly containing a valuable library
- Sion Manning Roman Catholic Girls' School, in Ladbroke Grove, London, England
- Lycée Notre Dame de Sion Istanbul, in Istanbul, Turkey
Sports
- FC Sion, a Swiss football team
- Mount Sion GAA, a Gaelic Athletic Association club in County Waterford, Ireland
- Sion Mills Cricket Club, in Sion Mills, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Other uses
- Sion Kölsch, a type of beer
- Sion's minimax theorem, a mathematical result in game theory
- Sion, the Undead Juggernaut, a playable champion character in the action real-time strategy video game League of Legends
- Sion, a novel by Vojislav V. Jovanović from 1987
- Sion's Sonnets, book of poems by Vojislav V. Jovanović from 1998
See also
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