What is another word for sinai?

Pronunciation: [sˈa͡ɪna͡ɪ] (IPA)

Sinai is a word that is primarily associated with the Sinai Peninsula, a land bridge located in the northeast of Egypt that connects Asia and Africa. The word originated from the Hebrew word 'Sina' meaning thorn bush, and has several synonyms that can be used to describe its geographical location. A few of those synonyms include Jebel Musa, which is Arabic for Mountain of Moses, a mountain located near the traditional site where Moses is said to have received the Ten Commandments. The term simply, "the peninsula" is also often used to describe the Sinai Peninsula. Finally, the Sinai Desert is used to describe the largely barren and arid landscape that dominates the area.

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    • Proper noun, singular
      Sina.

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Usage examples for Sinai

For him who rejects the light yoke of the Lord of Love, the fires of sinai are still the truest revelation of deity; and we must not deny sinai because we know Bethlehem.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick
Down in the valley was rain and rain, Endless rain from a dismal sky, But the valley was Liberty's land again, And the crest-line smoked like a sinai.
"The Story of the "9th King's" in France"
Enos Herbert Glynne Roberts
I say it is because all the souls were present at Mount sinai, and there everything was revealed, even what scholars in time to come will deduce from what was explicitly given, so that even when the soul has forgotten, she recognizes whence things are ...
"Stories and Pictures"
Isaac Loeb Peretz

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