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

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

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)

Our fathers tell of Noah and the ark, And also tell of Shinar, and the time Of the dispersal.

From Montezuma An Epic on the Origin and Fate of the Aztec Nation by Richmond, Hiram Hoyt