Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sinaean

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sinaean
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Synonym of Chinese.

Archaic

adj

Synonym of East Asian or Chinese-like.

Archaic

name

Synonym of Chinese.

Archaic

noun

Synonym of Chinese.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"...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."
"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."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Prefix: Sinae
Root: Sinae, Σῖναι
Suffix: -an

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more Sinaean (comparative) most Sinaean (superlative) Sinaeans (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Sinae Sinaic Sinensian Sinese Sinesian Sinetic Sinitic

Synonyms

Chinese East Asian or Chinese-like

Questions

What does sinaean mean?: Synonym of Chinese.
Where does sinaean come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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