Sinai

[ sahy-nahy, sahy-nee-ahy ]

/ ˈsaɪ naɪ, ˈsaɪ niˌaɪ /

noun

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

Mount, the mountain, in S Sinai, of uncertain identity, on which Moses received the law. Ex.

OTHER WORDS FROM Sinai

Si·na·it·ic

[sahy-nee-it-ik] /ˌsaɪ niˈɪt ɪk/, Si·na·ic

[si-ney-ik] /sɪˈneɪ ɪk/, adjective

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Examples from the Web for sinai

And, in a gratuitous show of homicidal prowess, Moses kills two assassins he meets while wandering in the desert of Sinai.
Meet Moses the Swashbuckling Israelite|James Romm|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Originally it was a low-level insurgency mainly confined to the Sinai Peninsula .
ISIS Wannabes Claim They Killed an American in Egypt|Jamie Dettmer|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Gazans have been building tunnels to the Sinai desert for years for smuggling.
Israel Says It Invaded Gaza Over Tunnels Like These|Eli Lake|July 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Delays in our assistance are interpreted as deeply unfriendly, especially when Egypt is facing an insurgency in the Sinai.
Let's Get Real: Washington Can't Walk Away From Cairo|Frank G. Wisner|May 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST

This led to a discussion about how they maintained their ernai, sannai, sinai—second wives, third wives, or even fourth wives.
China’s Concubine Culture Lives On in Mistress Villages|Brendon Hong|April 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
From thence his voice will go forth as in days of old, when Sinai quaked under his feet.
Spencer's Letters|Orson Spencer
Edmee's strong, sincere soul appeared before me like the stone of Sinai on which the finger of God has traced the immutable truth.
Mauprat|George Sand
In due time he made his escape, and was to be found later looping the loop above Turkish camps in the Sinai Peninsula.
Sketches of the East Africa Campaign|Robert Valentine Dolbey
He seems to think that Haggai had the scenes that occurred on Sinai in his mind.
The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews|Thomas Charles Edwards
His heart was the Sinai where he received his revelation and his tablets of stone were the hearts of believers.
Modern Persia|Mooshie G. Daniel

British Dictionary definitions for sinai

Sinai

/ (ˈsaɪnaɪ, ˈsaɪnɪˌaɪ) /

noun

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

Mount Sinai 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

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Cultural definitions for sinai

Sinai

[ (seye-neye) ]

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.

notes for 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.

notes for Sinai

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