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Zion
noun
- a Canaanite fortress in Jerusalem captured by David and called in the Bible “City of David”
- the Jewish people
- heaven; the heavenly city
- the theocracy of God
- the hill in Jerusalem on which the Temple was built: Zion has historically been regarded by Jews as a symbol of the center of Jewish national life
- Jerusalem
- the land of Israel
See Zion in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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