Sinae

sinä English Etymology From en la Sinae, from en grc Σῖναι, q.v. See also en Sino-. Proper noun en historical en Chinese,Southern Chinese chiefly in the context of ancient Greco-Roman knowledge of China. 1773, Alexander MacBean, A Dictionary of Ancient Geography..., s.v. "Sinae": ... the outmoſt people to the eaſt, next the Sinus Magnus, and inclining to the ſouth, not to be blended with the Chineſe... Beyond the Sinae to the eaſt, and ſouth was a terra incognita... Isaac Vossius Iſ. Voſſius takes the Sinae to be the Siameſe; becauſe at this day the appellation Sinae is unknown aamong them; an argument which Thomas de Pinedo de Pinedo on Stephan of Byzantium Stephanus treats as trifling. 1927, Wilfred Harvey Schoff translating Marcian of Heraclea as Periplus of the Outer Sea..., p. 49: The sailing-course beyond the Ganges to the "country of the Sinae", as stated, would very nearly reach the Gulf of Tong-King. 2008, Richard L. Smith, Premodern Trade in World History, p. 111: Exactly which term, "Sinae" or "Serica", equates to the modern China is a bit muddled. Sinae could refer to eastern peninsular Southeast Asia or southern China or both whereas Serica could refer to northern China or Xinjiang and eastern Central Asia or both. Derived terms en Sinaean en China Latin la: thumb|250px|An early modern Latin map after Ptolemy, showing SINÆ on the Great Gulf at the eastern end of the landlocked Indian Ocean. thumb|250px|An 18th-century Latin map of China Proper (Sinæ Propriæ). Alternative forms la Chīnae New Latin Etymology la :der grc:Σῖναι From la grc Σῖναι of uncertain etymology, but probably from la sa ^चीन China, possibly via la ar ^صِين China; the Chinese and usually held to derive from la och ^秦 Qin. See "Names of China" at Wikipedia. la Sina. Pronunciation Sīnae Proper noun la for Classical Latin (as opposed to Late or Medieval Latin) Sīnae<1> the Chinese, specifically: la Classical the southern Chinese reached via the maritime Silk Road to Panyu (Guangzhou), not known at the time to be related to the la Seres reached by the overland route to Chang'an (Xi'an) la New Latin the Chinese people: the Han Chinese or citizens of China. the land of the Chinese, specifically: la Classical the land of the southern Chinese la New Latin la China country r/East Asia either the Republic or People's Republic of China Declension Sīnae<1> Synonyms Chinese people la Seres New Latin China la Sina, la Serica Republic of China la Rēs Pūblica Sīnārum, la Taivania, la Formosa New Latin People’s Republic of China la Rēs Pūblica Populāris Sīnārum New Latin Coordinate terms la Seres northern Chinese as known to the ancient Greeks and Romans; la Serica land of the Seres Derived terms la Rēs Pūblica Populāris Sīnārum Rēs Pūblica Sīnārum sīno- Descendants en Sinae Sinaean Sinaic Sinese 1 he סִין 1 la Demonyms