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Zion

Zion

9 8.4
The last human city underground in the Matrix films where people fight the machine army
  • proper noun
translation icon : Zion
  • The siege of Zion.
  • return to Zion
  • destroyed Zion

Examples

Compounds

1 7.3

A hill in Jerusalem with ancient sacred sites often used to mean the city

A national park in southwest Utah with tall red cliffs and deep canyons carved by rivers

Surface Forms

Zion main

Etymology

Zion in The Matrix borrows its name from the Hebrew Tsiyon, long used as a symbol of a 'safe place' or 'refuge'. So in the films Zion is the last human city, a place of protection and hope.