Engelsk substantiv: Zion |
1. | Zion (om sted) originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites); above it was built a temple and later the name extended to the whole hill; finally it became a synonym for the city of Jerusalem |
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| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The inhabitants of Jerusalem are personified as `the daughter of Zion'.
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| Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | Sion |
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| Eksempler på mindre spesifikke uttrykk | hill |
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| Omfatter disse overordnede uttrykkene | capital of Israel, Jerusalem |
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2. | Zion (om sted) Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine |
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| Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | Israel, Sion, State of Israel, Yisrael |
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| Eksempler på mindre spesifikke uttrykk | country, land, state |
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| Omfatter disse spesifikke uttrykk | Accho, Acre, Akka, Akko, Caesarea, capital of Israel, Dead Sea, Galilee, Gaza, Gaza Strip, Golan, Golan Heights, Gomorrah, Gomorrha, Haifa, Hefa, Jerusalem, Mount Carmel, Negev, Negev Desert, Sodom, Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Tel Aviv-Yalo, West Bank |
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| Omfatter disse overordnede uttrykkene | Middle East, Mideast, Near East |
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| Tilhører disse spesifikke uttrykkene | Israeli |
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| Forekomster i samme region | 15 May Organization, A'man, al-Asifa, al-Fatah, Fatah, Fatah Tanzim, General Security Services, Haganah, IDF, Israeli Defense Force, Iz Al-Din Al-Qassam Battalions, Kach, Kahane Chai, kibbutz, moshav, Mossad, PFLP-GC, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command, Qassam Brigades, Salah al-Din Battalions, sayeret, Sayeret Mat'kal, Sayeret Matkal, Shin Bet, Tanzim |
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3. | Zion (om erkjendelse) an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal |
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| Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | Sion, Utopia |
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| Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | fictitious place, imaginary place, mythical place |
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