Shinar
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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
These psalms are not written in Accadian, but in the closely-allied dialect of Sumer or Shinar, and an Assyrian interlinear translation is attached to them.
From Fresh Light from the Ancient Monuments by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
What foolish plan was made in the land of Shinar?
From The Bible Story by Newton Marshall Hall
"And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, they came to the land of Shinar, and they settled there"—Gen. xi.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None by Various (magazine) Harper
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