Sinope

American  

[suh-noh-pee] / səˈnoʊ pi /

noun

Astronomy.

1. a natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.

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Sinope British  

/ səˈnəʊpɪ /

noun

1. astronomy a small outer satellite of the planet Jupiter

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Example Sentences

These stories tell us that Diogenes was chased out of his native Sinope, on the north coast of what’s now Turkey, for his supposed role in a scheme to debase the city’s currency.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

Part hobo, part insult comic, part performance artist, Diogenes flaunted his disregard for convention in ways that scandalized the bourgeoisie of Athens and, later, Corinth, after his banishment from Sinope became permanent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

In the Pontus, the language of the first Greek colonizers of Trebizond was the Ionic Greek of Sinope.

From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2024

Diogenes himself was born a citizen of the Greek town of Sinope, in what is now coastal Turkey.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2016

Sinope of �gina was particularly famous for her coarse wit, and had many clever encounters with the brilliant men of her day.

From Greek Women by Carroll, Mitchell