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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Example Sentences

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

And he said unto me, to build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.”

From The Christian Creed; or, What it is Blasphemy to Deny by Besant, Annie

Ophir has been already reached, and soon the long journeying of restless humanity will come round again to the plain of Shinar, or the region in which commenced the original dispersion of the race.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None by Harper, Various (magazine)

Perhaps, however, the true explanation is, that the plain of Shinar represents the meeting-point of two different races—one Cushite and the other Semitic.

From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Pinches, Theophilus Goldridge