Sinai

See also: sinai, Sinaï, and šinai

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EnglishEdit

Proper nounEdit

Sinai

1. A peninsula of eastern Egypt, bordering Asia.
2. A mountain located in the Sinai Peninsula; the location where Moses is said to have received the Ten Commandments from God.

TranslationsEdit

peninsula

• Arabic: سِينَاء‏‎ f (sīnāʾ)
• Catalan: Sinaí m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西奈半島 (zh), 西奈半岛 (zh) (Xinài bàndǎo)

• Danish: Sinai-halvøen
• French: Sinaï (fr) m
• German: Sinai-Halbinsel f
• Hebrew: סיני‏‎ (sinai)

• Japanese: シナイ半島 (Shinai hantō)
• Korean: 시나이 반도 (Sinai bando)
• Portuguese: Sinai m
• Russian: Сина́йский полуо́стров m (Sinájskij poluóstrov), Сина́й (ru) m (Sináj)
• Serbo-Croatian: Sinaj (sh) m, Sinajski poluotok
• Spanish: Sinaí m
• Yiddish: סיני‏‎ (sinay)

mountain

• Arabic: طُور سِينَاء‏‎ m (ṭūr sīnāʾ), جَبَل مُوسَى‏‎ (jabal mūsā)
• Catalan: Sinaí m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 西奈山 (sai¹ noi⁶ saan¹), 西乃山 (sai¹ naai⁵ saan¹)

  Hakka: 西奈山 (Sî-nai-sân)

  Mandarin: 西奈山 (Xīnài Shān), 西乃山 (zh) (Xīnǎi Shān)

  Min Dong: 西乃山 (Să̤-nāi săng)

  Min Nan: 西奈山 (Se-nái-soaⁿ)

• French: Sinaï (fr) m

• German: Sinai m
• Hebrew: הר סיני‏‎ (har sinai)
• Japanese: シナイ山 (Shinai-zan)
• Ngazidja Comorian: mlima wa Turu Saynai class 3
• Portuguese: Sinai m
• Russian: Сина́й (ru) m (Sináj)
• Spanish: Sinaí m
• Yiddish: סיני‏‎ (sinay)

Further readingEdit

• Mount Sinai on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sinai Peninsula on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

AnagramsEdit

• inias

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PortugueseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• Sinay (obsolete)

Proper nounEdit

Sinai m

1. (biblical) Sinai (a mountain where Moses received the Ten Commandments)
2. Sinai (a peninsula in northeastern Egypt)