Sinese

English Etymology From en de Sinese a Chinese person, from de Sina China + de -ese -ese: forming demonyms, from en la-med Sina China + la -ensis -ese: forming adjs, from en la Sinae the Chinese, China, from en grc -. Equivalent to en Sino- -ese. Noun - en rare The Chinese people or a Chinese person, en particularly with reference to the historical southern Chinese known to the Greeks and Romans as the Sinae. en 1878 Thomas Rawson Birks citing a quotation given by Franz Delitzsch, originally by Francis William Newman F. W. Newmann Commentary on the Book of Isaiah 247 https://archive.org/details/commentaryonbook00birk/page/246/mode/2up The name grc Θῖναι, Strabo, grc Σῖναι, Claudius Ptolemy Ptol., grc Τζίνιτζα, Cosmas Indicopleustes Kosmas, did not obtain currency first from the founder of the dynasty Tsin; but, long before this, Tsin was the name of a feudal kingdom in Shensi, one of the western provinces of the Sinese land, and Feitsa, the first feudal King of Tsin, began to reign as early as b.c. 897. Derived terms en Sinesian Adjective - en rare historical Of or relating to the Sinae or their homeland. Related terms en Sinae Sinaean Sinaic Sinensian Sinetic Sinitic Sinesian Anagrams en eeinss Essien Neises Neisse Nessie Nieses in esse insees sees in seines sensei