Sina

Meaning

1. (declension-1) synonym of Sinae, China (a country in East Asia)
2. (declension-1, uncommon) synonym of Changanum, former name of Siganum (= Xi'an): the former capital of China

Concepts

China

People’s Republic of China

Zhangzhou

Synonyms

Sinae

Translations

China

🇨🇳

Cina

Xina

Chine

🇨🇳

China

🇨🇳

Çin

China

🇨🇳

Κίνα

China

🇨🇳

الصين

Çîn

🇨🇳

République populaire de Chine

Volksrepubliek China

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈsiː.na]

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σῖναι (Sînai) of uncertain etymology, but possibly via Arabic صِين (Ṣīn, “China”) + -αι (-ai), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (čīn, “China”), from Sanskrit चीन (Cīna, “China”), and usually held to derive from Old Chinese 秦 (*zin, “Qin”). See "Names of China" at Wikipedia. Doublet of Sinae and Chinae.