Sinaean

English Etymology From en Sinae -an, from en la Sinae, from en grc Σῖναι, q.v. Adjective en archaic en Chinese. 1639 1639, John Chilmead, translating Robert Hues as A Learned Treatise of Globes..., p. 139: ...so that I cannot but wonder that Matteo Ricci Matthaeus Riccius a Iesuite, in his Sinaean expedition should take so much paines to prove, that the Kingdome of Cathaia, and of the Sinaeans is all one. en 1958 November Joseph J. Spengler Malthus Again Challenge 7 2 12 An undersettled Soviet Union welcomes the rise of a 600-million Sinaean power increasing some two per cent per year. en archaic en East Asian,Chinese-like. 1763 en 1893 Robert Wilson Guillaume Louis Figuier The Human Race 292 The nations belonging to the Sinæan branch... have not the features of the Yellow Race so well defined as those belonging to the Mongolian branch. Related terms en Sinae Sinaic Sinese Sinensian Sinetic Sinesian Sinitic Proper noun s en archaic rare en Chinese. 1639, John Chilmead, translating Robert Hues as A Learned Treatise of Globes..., p. 139: ...so that I cannot but wonder that Matteo Ricci Matthaeus Riccius a Iesuite, in his Sinaean expedition should take so much paines to prove, that the Kingdome of Cathaia, and of the Sinaeans is all one. Noun en archaic rare en Chinese. 1639, John Chilmead, translating Robert Hues as A Learned Treatise of Globes..., p. 139: ...so that I cannot but wonder that Matteo Ricci Matthaeus Riccius a Iesuite, in his Sinaean expedition should take so much paines to prove, that the Kingdome of Cathaia, and of the Sinaeans is all one. References Sinaean adj 3584268678