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sinopite

sinopite noun: sinopia (clay).

Noun

sinopite (usually uncountable, plural sinopites)

  1. (archaic, usually) sinopia (clay)

Forms of sinopite

pluralsinopites

Origin of sinopite

From French [Term?], from Latin sinopis (terra) (“a red earth or ocher found in Sinope”), from Sinope (“a town in Paphlagoma, on the Black Sea”).

Questions about sinopite

What does sinopite mean?
Sinopite means sinopia (clay).
What part of speech is sinopite?
Sinopite is a noun.
What is the plural of sinopite?
The plural of sinopite is sinopites.

Words near sinopite in the dictionary

  1. Sinophonic
  2. sinopia
  3. sinopias
  4. sinopie
  5. sinopis
  6. sinopite
  7. sinopites
  8. sinople
  9. sinoples
  10. Sinopoli
  11. Sinopolis

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