Mount Zion

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Mount Zion (Template:Lang-he transliteration: Har Tziyyon - "Height") is an archaic term that originally referred to a specific mountain near Jerusalem, on which stood a Jebusite fortress of the same name, that was conquered by David. The term became a synecdoche referring to the entire Jerusalem and the Land of Israel.

For the Biblical and historical use of the name, see Zion.

• Mount Zion, Illinois
• Mount Zion, Georgia
• Mount Zion, Wisconsin
• Mount Zion, Taiwan
• Mount Zion, Jamaica

For other places and usages of Zion, see Zion (disambiguation).

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