Sabine

¹

[sey-bahyn]

adjective

1. of or belonging to an ancient people of central Italy who lived chiefly in the Apennines northeast of Rome and were subjugated by the Romans about 290 b.c.

noun

1. one of the Sabine people.

2. the Italic language of the Sabines.

Sabine

²

[sey-bahyn, -bin, suh-been]

noun

1. Wallace Clement (Ware), 1868–1919, U.S. physicist: pioneered research in acoustics.

2. a river flowing SE and S from NE Texas, forming the boundary between Texas and Louisiana and then through Sabine Lake to the Gulf of Mexico. About 500 miles (800 km) long.

Sabine

/ ˈsæbaɪn /

noun

1. a member of an ancient Oscan-speaking people who lived in central Italy northeast of Rome

adjective

1. of, characteristic of, or relating to this people or their language

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sabine¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin Sabīnus

Example Sentences

But the economics of the field have shifted in recent years, according to Sabine Hauert, a professor of swarm engineering at the University of Bristol in England.

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Even today, "for people who have German as a first language, it's fairly easy to understand," said 66-year-old retiree and festival attendee Sabine Lioy.

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"All the hunters were found guilty, which is the most important thing for us," the association's president, Sabine Matraire, was quoted as saying in Le Monde.

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Nothing has convinced Sabine Zetteler of the value of using AI.

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But those numbers reflect national production around the world and could conceal declines within specific regions, said FAO economist Sabine Altendorf.

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