Sinite

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noun

An inhabitant of the city of Šianu (identified with modern Siano on the coast of Syria).

OriginEcclesiastical Latin Sineum ← Ancient Greek Ασενναῖον ← Biblical Hebrew סִינִי →
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Meanings

nounSinite (plural Sinites)

plural Sinites · alternative Sinim

  1. An inhabitant of the city of Šianu (identified with modern Siano on the coast of Syria).
  2. biblicalA "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.

Origin

  1. Biblical Hebrewסִינִי
  2. Ancient GreekΑσενναῖον
  3. Ecclesiastical LatinSineum
  4. EnglishSinite

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

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APA

Sinite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sinite

MLA

“Sinite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sinite. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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