Sion
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
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
the inhabitants of Jerusalem are personified as `the daughter of Zion'
Types & categories
- hill instance hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Jerusalem part holonym
Sense 2 noun
Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine
Types & categories
- country instance hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Israeli member meronym
- Middle East part holonym
- Akko part meronym
- West Bank part meronym
- Galilee part meronym
- Gaza Strip part meronym
- Golan Heights part meronym
- Jerusalem part meronym
- Caesarea part meronym
- Sodom part meronym
- Gomorrah part meronym
- Tel Aviv part meronym
- Hefa part meronym
- Negev part meronym
- Dead Sea part meronym
- Mount Carmel part meronym
Related & opposite
- al-Fatah has domain region
- Fatah Tanzim has domain region
- Kahane Chai has domain region
- Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command has domain region
- 15 May Organization has domain region
- Qassam Brigades has domain region
- kibbutz has domain region
- moshav has domain region
- Haganah has domain region
- Israeli Defense Force has domain region
- Sayeret Matkal has domain region
- A'man has domain region
- Mossad has domain region
- Shin Bet has domain region
Sense 3 noun
an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal
Types & categories
- imaginary place hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | Jerusalem |
| 1 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | hill |
| 2 | has domain region | Related & opposite | al-Fatah |
| 2 | has domain region | Related & opposite | Fatah Tanzim |
| 2 | has domain region | Related & opposite | Kahane Chai |
| 2 | has domain region | Related & opposite | Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command |
| 2 | has domain region | Related & opposite | 15 May Organization |
| 2 | has domain region | Related & opposite | Qassam Brigades |
| 2 | has domain region | Related & opposite | kibbutz |
| 2 | has domain region | Related & opposite | moshav |
| 2 | has domain region | Related & opposite | Haganah |
| 2 | has domain region | Related & opposite | Israeli Defense Force |
| 2 | has domain region | Related & opposite | Sayeret Matkal |
| 2 | has domain region | Related & opposite | A'man |
| 2 | has domain region | Related & opposite | Mossad |
| 2 | has domain region | Related & opposite | Shin Bet |
| 2 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | Israeli |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | Middle East |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | Akko |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | West Bank |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | Galilee |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | Gaza Strip |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | Golan Heights |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | Jerusalem |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | Caesarea |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | Sodom |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | Gomorrah |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | Tel Aviv |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | Hefa |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | Negev |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | Dead Sea |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | Mount Carmel |
| 2 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | country |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | imaginary place |