Sinai
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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.
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Mount Sinai, the mountain, in southern Sinai, of uncertain identity, on which Moses received the law. Exodus 19.
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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
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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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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
- Sinaic adjective
- Sinaitic adjective
Etymology
Origin of Sinai
From Late Latin Sinai, from Greek Siná, from Hebrew Sīnaī, of uncertain origin and meaning
Example Sentences
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All the adoptive-parents books Jonah had ever seen acted like there was one commandment Moses had forgotten to bring down from Mount Sinai: tell adopted kids the truth.
From Literature
New York City nurses reached a tentative agreement to end a strike at Montefiore and Mount Sinai hospitals on Monday.
Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have created an experimental immunotherapy that approaches metastatic cancer from a different angle.
From Science Daily
Researchers at Sinai Health have identified a blood test that can signal the risk of Crohn's disease years before symptoms begin.
From Science Daily
Nurses at NewYork-Presbyterian and Mount Sinai make roughly in the same neighborhood.
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