Sion
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Sion may refer to:
- A transliteration of Zion
[edit] In geography
- Sion, Switzerland, the capital of the canton of Valais
- Sion, Gers, a municipality in France
- Sion, Mumbai, a suburb of Mumbai
- Sion, Netherlands, part of Rijswijk in South Holland
- Sion, Czech Republic, a castle in the Czech Republic, near Kutná Hora
- Sion Mills, a village in Northern Ireland
- Saxon-Sion, a municipality in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, France
[edit] In religion
- Abbey of Our Lady of Mount Zion, a medieval monastic order founded by Godfrey de Bouillon in Jerusalem in 1090
- Bishop of Sion, the head of the Diocese of Sion in Switzerland
- Congregation of Notre-Dame de Sion, a Roman Catholic missionary organization created in 1843 to convert Jews and Muslims throughout Europe and Palestine
- 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 College, a body of Anglican priests in London, formerly containing a valuable library
- Sion of Armenia, Catholicos of All Armenians (767-775)
- Abbey of Our Lady of Mount Zion, a medieval monastic order founded by Godfrey de Bouillon in Jerusalem in 1090
[edit] In sport
- FC Sion, a Swiss football team
[edit] Given names
- Siôn, the Welsh form of John
[edit] Fictional characters
- Sion Eltnam Atlasia, a character in the dōjin fighter series Melty Blood by Type-Moon and French-Bread.
- Darth Sion, a character in the video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
[edit] Other
- Sion Kölsch, a type of beer
- Sion's minimax theorem, a mathematical result in game theory
- Ion Theodorescu-Sion, a Romanian artist
[edit] See also
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