Zion (disambiguation)
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Zion is a hill in Jerusalem just outside the walls of the Old City. Most often, Zion is used as a synecdoche for Jerusalem and the Biblical land of Israel.
Zion is another word for an idealized, harmonious community; utopia.
Zion may also refer to:
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[edit] In politics and religion
- Zionism, various ideologies supporting a Jewish home in Biblical Israel, and now, the State of Israel
- World Zionist Organization, the group founded at the First Zionist Congress in 1897 and dedicated to implementing Zionist ideology
- Zionist Churches, a group of Christian denominations in Southern Africa that stem from the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church in Zion (see below) with an emphasis on spiritual healing
- Zion Christian Church, a large denomination among African Zionists
- Zion (Latter Day Saints), In LDS theology, Zion can can refer to The Lord's people ("the pure in heart"), a specific place (Jerusalem, New Jerusalem, etc.), or both.
- Zionites (Germany), a religious sect from the 18th century based in Western Germany
- Christian Catholic Apostolic Church, also known as the Zionites, a fringe church founded in 1896 by John Alexander Dowie in Zion, Illinois that believed in a flat Earth
- Christian Zionism, belief among some Christians that the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948 was a significant fulfilment of Biblical prophecy
- Zion Bible College, a Pentecostal Bible college in Barrington, RI
- Zion College, a former Bible institute in Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Zion, Rastafarian goal of heaven upon earth; also used to refer to either Ethiopia or Africa, e.g. "the land of Zion"
[edit] In geography
- Jerusalem
- United States of America
- Zion National Park, a park in southwestern Utah, notable for Zion Canyon sweeping through the reddish desert
- Zion, Illinois, a city just north of Chicago founded by John Alexander Dowie
- Zion, Maryland, a village
- Zion, Missouri, a village
- Zion, Oklahoma, a village
- Zion, Pennsylvania, a town
- Zion, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
- Zion Township, Stearns County, Minnesota
- New Zealand
- Zion Wildlife Gardens, a sanctuary for endangered tiger and lion species
[edit] People
- Ben Zion Abba Shaul (1924–98), Israeli rabbi of Iranian descent
- Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel (1880–1953), Israeli rabbi and former Sephardic Chief Rabbi
- Meir Har-Zion (b. 1934), Israeli military commando fighter
- Zion Cohen (b. 1983), Israeli former professional association football player
- Zion Golan (b. 1955), Israeli singer of Yemeni descent
- Zion Levy (1925–2008), Israeli rabbi who served as the Chief Rabbi of Panama
- Zion Merili (b. 1957), Israeli former professional association football player and international
- Zion Zemah (b. 1990), Israeli professional association football player and youth international
[edit] Other
- Zion (The Matrix), a human-controlled underground city in the Matrix series
- Zion, a space station in the 1984 cyberpunk novel Neuromancer
- Zion I, a hip-hop group
- Zion of Zion & Lennox, a reggaeton duo from Carolina, Puerto Rico
- Zion Nuclear Power Station, a decommissioned nuclear power plant in Zion, Illinois
- "Zion" (David Bowie song), a demo by David Bowie
- "Iron Lion Zion", a song by the reggae band Bob Marley and the Wailers
- "Road to Zion", a song by Damian Marley
- "To Zion", a song by Lauryn Hill
[edit] See also
- Sion (disambiguation)
- Sioni (disambiguation)
- Syon
- Zeon, originally romanized as Zion 1998 in the TV anime Mobile Suit Gundam
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