# Sina
## English
### Etymology 1

Anglicization of Irish Síne and Scottish Gaelic Sìne. Doublet of Jane.

#### Proper noun

Sina
* A unisex given name from Scottish Gaelic.

##### Related terms

* Sheena, Sinah

### Etymology 2

From Hebrew.

#### Proper noun

Sina
* (biblical) (in some versions) Sinai
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 7:30:And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.

### Etymology 3

From Persian سینا (sinâ).

#### Proper noun

Sina
* A transliteration of the Persian male given name سینا (sinâ).

##### Related terms

* Avicenna

### Etymology 4
#### Proper noun

Sina
* Alternative form of Shina: a Kashmiri people and language.

### Etymology 5
#### Proper noun

Sina
* Alternative form of Sinam surname of Meitei origin.

### Anagrams

* Sani, nias, ASIN, ANSI, nasi, nais, Sian, AINs, Anis, ISNA, Sain, Isan, Nias, sian, sain, as in, ains, anis, nasi', NIAS

## Albanian
### Proper noun

Sina
* a surname transferred from the place name

### Proper noun

Sina f
* definite nominative of Sinë

#### Statistics

* According to the 2011 Albanian census, Sina is the 37th most common surname in Albania, belonging to 4989 individuals.

## German
### Etymology

Short form of names ending in -sina, such as Rosina or Teresina.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Sina
* a female given name

## Latin
### Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Σῖναι (Sînai) of uncertain etymology, but probably from Sanskrit चीन (Cīna, “China”), possibly via Arabic صِين (Ṣīn, “China; the Chinese”) and usually held to derive from Old Chinese 秦 (*zin, “Qin”). See "Names of China" at Wikipedia. Doublet of Sinae and Chinae.

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈsiː.na/, [ˈs̠iːnä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈsi.na/, [ˈsiːnä]

#### Proper noun

Sīna f sg (genitive Sīnae); first declension
* Synonym of Sinae, China (a country in East Asia)
* (uncommon) Synonym of Changanum, former name of Siganum, Xi'an (the former capital of China)

##### Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

##### Related terms

* sīnēnsis
* Sīnicus, sīnicus

##### Descendants

* English: Sino-
* French: sino-
* Italian: sino-
* Portuguese: sino-
* Sicilian: sinu-
* Spanish: sino-

### Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek Σινάι (Sinái), itself from Biblical Hebrew סִינַי (Sináy).

#### Alternative forms

* Sīnai

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈsiː.na/, [ˈs̠iːnä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈsi.na/, [ˈsiːnä]

#### Proper noun

Sīna f sg (genitive Sīnae); first declension
* A peninsula in eastern Egypt, bordering Asia.
* A mountain in Sinai Peninsula; the location where Moses is said to have received the Ten Commandments from God.

##### Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

##### Related terms

* Hōrēb

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈsina/ [ˈsiː.n̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ina
* Syllabification: Si‧na

### Etymology 1
#### Proper noun

Sina (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈ) (obsolete)
* Alternative form of Tsina

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

Sina (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈ) (obsolete)
* Alternative form of Tsina

### Anagrams

* nais, asin, anis