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シオン — meaning in English

shion

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English meaning

  • aster noun A garden plant with daisy-like flowers, typically purple, pink, or white, that bloom in late summer and autumn.
  • Sion name A Welsh masculine given name, a form of John, and also a variant spelling of Zion.
  • Zion noun A name for Jerusalem, or for the land of Israel, especially as a spiritual homeland or promised place.

Senses

シオン is used for these senses in English:

  • Sion A municipality and town, the capital of Valais canton, Switzerland.
  • Zion (biblical) A hill in Jerusalem, Israel, on which ancient Jerusalem was partly built; a centrepiece to Biblical accounts of old days and future eschatological events.
  • aster Any of several plants of the genus Aster; one of its flowers.

aster — full definition

  1. noun A garden plant with daisy-like flowers, typically purple, pink, or white, that bloom in late summer and autumn.
  2. noun A star-shaped structure of fibers that forms inside a cell during division.

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