Sinai

[sahy-nahy, sahy-nee-ahy]

noun

1. Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in northeastern Egypt, at the northern end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.

2. Mount Sinai, the mountain, in southern Sinai, of uncertain identity, on which Moses received the law. Exodus 19.

Sinai

/ ˈsaɪnaɪ, ˈsaɪnɪˌaɪ /

noun

1. a mountainous peninsula of NE Egypt at the N end of the Red Sea, between the Gulf of Suez and the Gulf of Aqaba: occupied by Israel in 1967; fully restored by 1982

2. the mountain where Moses received the Law from God (Exodus 19–20): often identified as Jebel Musa, sometimes as Jebel Serbal, both on the S Sinai Peninsula

Sinai

1. Peninsula in northeastern Egypt (see also Egypt), bordered by the Gulf of Aqaba, an arm of the Red Sea, to the east, and the Gulf of Suez, another arm of the Red Sea, to the west.

In the Bible (see also Bible), Moses received the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai.

Sinai has been the scene of fighting during the Arab-Israeli conflict. Israel conquered and occupied Sinai in the Six-Day War but returned the region to Egypt in 1982.

Other Word Forms

• Sinaitic adjective
• Sinaic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sinai¹

From Late Latin Sinai, from Greek Siná, from Hebrew Sīnaī, of uncertain origin and meaning

Example Sentences

The U.S. still has a small contingent in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula as part of the force monitoring the Camp David accords between Egypt and Israel.

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In August, a team led by Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the US analysed 46 older studies.

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This is where the followers of Moses, the Israelites, are said to have waited for him during his time on Mount Sinai.

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Dr. Nicole Avena, an assistant professor of neuroscience at Mount Sinai Medical School and a visiting professor of health psychology at Princeton University, wrote the book “Why Diets Fail: Because You’re Addicted to Sugar.”

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Hours after Jacobs was killed, Officer Daniel Ivan of the Los Angeles Police Department went to Cedars Sinai Medical Center to interview the singer’s friend, who’d been wounded in the same incident.

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