Etymology

sinopite

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French [Term?] ← Latin sinopis
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  1. Latin · derived fromsinopis“a red earth or ocher found in Sinope”
  2. French · derived from[Term?]
  3. English todaysinopite

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”).

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