Shinar

American  

[shahy-nahr] / ˈʃaɪ nɑr /

noun

1. a land mentioned in the Bible, often identified with Sumer.

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Shinar British  

/ ˈʃaɪnə /

noun

1. Old Testament the southern part of the valley of the Tigris and Euphrates, often identified with Sumer; Babylonia

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Shinar

We spoke one language and had traveled east, to the land of Shinar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2023

“For example, the court said that it could strike down a Basic Law if it impinges on the core nature of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state,” said Professor Shinar of Reichman University.

From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2023

Everything, from the “goodly Babylonish garments—the mantles of Shinar, from Assyrian looms,” down to the cast-off tarpaulin of discharged or disgraced tars, are on the backs of the denizens of the Liberties.

From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 by Various

For it is said of the families of the sons of Noah, that, as they journeyed from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar.

From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Edward Hitchcock

Chedor-laomer and “the kings that were with him,”—Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch, king of Ellasar, and Tidal, “king of nations,”—marched against the revolters, overthrew them in battle, and carried them away captive.

From Fresh Light from the Ancient Monuments by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce