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Sinaean

adj

Etymology

From Sinae + -an, from Latin Sinae, from Ancient Greek Σῖναι (Sînai), q.v.

  1. derived from Σῖναι
  2. derived from Sinae

Definitions

  1. Synonym of Chinese.

    • ...so that I cannot but wonder that Matthaeus Riccius a Iesuite, in his Sinaean expedition should take so much paines to prove, that the Kingdome of Cathaia, and of the Sinaeans is all one.
    • An undersettled Soviet Union welcomes the rise of a 600-million Sinaean power increasing some two per cent per year.

  2. Synonym of East Asian or Chinese-like.

    • The nations belonging to the Sinæan branch... have not the features of the Yellow Race so well defined as those belonging to the Mongolian branch.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Sinaean. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA