Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sinite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: si-nite
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

A "son" of Canaan.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: Sineum, Ασενναῖον, סִינִי

Inflected Forms

Sinites (plural) Sinim (alternative)

Questions

What does sinite mean?: An inhabitant of the city of Šianu (identified with modern Siano on the coast of Syria).
Where does sinite come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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