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Sinite

Sinite noun: an inhabitant of the city of Šianu (identified with modern Siano on the coast of Syria).

Noun

Sinite (plural Sinites)

  1. An inhabitant of the city of Šianu (identified with modern Siano on the coast of Syria).
  2. A "son" of Canaan.
    • And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.

Forms of Sinite

pluralSinites
alternative formSinim

Origin of Sinite

From Ecclesiastical Latin Sineum, from Ancient Greek Ασενναῖον (Asennaîon), from Biblical Hebrew סִינִי (sînî).

Questions about Sinite

What does Sinite mean?
Sinite means an inhabitant of the city of Šianu (identified with modern Siano on the coast of Syria).
What part of speech is Sinite?
Sinite is a noun.
What is the plural of Sinite?
The plural of Sinite is Sinites.

Words near Sinite in the dictionary

  1. sinistrous
  2. sinistrously
  3. sinistroventral
  4. sinistroverse
  5. sinistroversion
  6. Sinite
  7. Sinitean
  8. Sinitic
  9. Siniticize
  10. sinitrodil
  11. Sinixt

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