Zion (English spelling)

Japanese: シオン（英語表記）Zion

The name of a hill mentioned in the Bible. This hill southeast of Jerusalem was a Jebusite fortress, but David captured it, named it the "City of David," and placed the Ark of the Covenant there. After Solomon built the temple on Mount Moriah, north of the city, the mountain was called Zion. Later, the name came to refer to the entire city of Jerusalem, and the expression "Daughter Zion" to its inhabitants. Zion is also used symbolically as the "City of God," since it is the hill where God resides.

Zion
Sion

In German it is called Sitten. It is the capital of the canton of Valais in southern Switzerland. It was the seat of a bishopric in the late 6th century and was the centre of the Bishopric of Sion from 999 to 1798. The city is spread around a small hill on the right bank of the Rhône and has many historical buildings, including the ruins of a 13th century castle and Notre Dame Cathedral. It is a distribution centre for vegetables, fruit and wine. Population 25,350 (1990).

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Japanese:

聖書に出てくる丘の名。エルサレム南東にあるこの丘はエブスの要害であったが，ダビデが占領して「ダビデの町」と名づけ，そこに契約の櫃を置いた。ソロモンがこの町の北にあるモリア山に神殿を建ててからは，この山がシオンと呼ばれた。のちにこの名はエルサレムの町全体を，そして「シオンの娘」という表現はその住民をさすようになった。またシオンは神の住む丘であることから「神の都」を意味する象徴的な言葉としても使われている。

シオン
Sion

ドイツ語ではジッテン Sitten。スイス南部，バレー州の州都。6世紀後半に司教座がおかれ，999～1798年シオン司教領の中心であった。市はローヌ右岸の小高い丘を囲んで広がり，13世紀の古城跡，ノートル・ダム大聖堂など歴史的建造物が多い。野菜，果実，ワインの集散地。人口2万 5350 (1990) 。

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