sion

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 108814203)
    "the inhabitants of Jerusalem are personified as `the daughter of Zion'"
    is an instance of: hill - a local and well-defined elevation of the land
    is a part of: capital of israel, jerusalem - capital and largest city of the modern state of Israel (although its status as capital is disputed); it was captured from Jordan in 1967 in the Six Day War; a holy city for Jews and Christians and Muslims; was the capital of an ancient kingdom
    same as: zion
  2. Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean;
    Formerly part of Palestine (synset 108810400)
    domain member region:
    • al-asifa, al-fatah, fatah - a Palestinian political and military organization founded by Yasser Arafat in 1958 to work toward the creation of a Palestinian state; during the 1960s and 1970s trained terrorist and insurgent groups
    • fatah tanzim, tanzim - a terrorist group organized by Yasser Arafat in 1995 as the armed wing of al-Fatah; serves a dual function of violent confrontation with Israel and serves as Arafat's unofficial militia to prevent rival Islamists from usurping leadership
    • kach, kahane chai - a terrorist organization founded for Jewish defense; fights antisemitism and hopes to restore the biblical state of Israel
    • pflp-gc, popular front for the liberation of palestine-general command - a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization that conducted several attacks in western Europe
    • 15 may organization - a terrorist organization formed in 1979 by a faction of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine but disbanded in the 1980s when key members left to join a faction of al-Fatah
    • iz al-din al-qassam battalions, qassam brigades, salah al-din battalions - the military arm of Hamas responsible for suicide bombings and other attacks on Israel
    • kibbutz - a collective farm or settlement owned by its members in modern Israel; children are reared collectively
    • moshav - a cooperative Israeli village or settlement comprised of small farms
    • haganah - the clandestine military wing of the Jewish leadership during the British rule over the mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948; became the basis for the Israeli defense force
    • idf, israeli defense force - the ground and air and naval forces of Israel
    • sayeret, sayeret mat'kal, sayeret matkal - Israel's elite secret commando unit responsible for counterterrorist and top secret intelligence gathering and hostage rescue missions
    • a'man - the Israeli military intelligence which produces comprehensive national intelligence briefings for the prime minister and the cabinet
    • mossad - the Israeli foreign intelligence agency
    • general security services, shin bet - the Israeli domestic counterintelligence and internal security agency
    is an instance of: country, land, state - the territory occupied by a nation
    member holonym: israeli - a native or inhabitant of Israel
    has:
    • accho, acre, akka, akko - a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean
    • west bank - an area between Israel and Jordan on the west bank of the Jordan river; populated largely by Palestinians
    • galilee - an area of northern Israel; formerly the northern part of Palestine and the ancient kingdom of Israel; the scene of Jesus's ministry
    • gaza, gaza strip - a coastal region at the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean bordering Israel and Egypt
    • golan, golan heights - a fortified hilly area between southern Lebanon and southern Syria
    • capital of israel, jerusalem - capital and largest city of the modern state of Israel (although its status as capital is disputed); it was captured from Jordan in 1967 in the Six Day War; a holy city for Jews and Christians and Muslims; was the capital of an ancient kingdom
    • caesarea - an ancient seaport in northwestern Israel; an important Roman city in ancient Palestine
    • sodom - (Old Testament) an ancient city near the Dead Sea that (along with Gomorrah) was destroyed by God for the wickedness of its inhabitants
    • gomorrah, gomorrha - (Old Testament) an ancient city near the Dead Sea that (along with Sodom) was destroyed by God for the vice and depravity of its inhabitants
    • tel aviv, tel aviv-jaffa, tel aviv-yalo - the largest city and financial center of Israel; located in western Israel on the Mediterranean
    • haifa, hefa - a major port in northwestern Israel
    • negev, negev desert - a desert in southern Israel
    • dead sea - a saltwater lake on the border between Israel and Jordan; its surface in 1292 feet below sea level
    • mount carmel - a mountain range in northwestern Israel near the Mediterranean coast
    is a part of: middle east, mideast, near east - the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century
    same as: israel, state of israel, yisrael, zion
  3. An imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal (synset 105639839)
    is a type of: fictitious place, imaginary place, mythical place - a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings
    same as: utopia, zion

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