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SINAI
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A peninsula in northeastern Egypt; at north end of Red Sea
Synonyms:
Sinai; Sinai Peninsula
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
peninsula (a large mass of land projecting into a body of water)
Meronyms (parts of "Sinai"):
Sinai; Sinai Desert (a desert on the Sinai Peninsula in northeastern Egypt)
Mount Sinai; Sinai (a mountain peak in the southern Sinai Peninsula (7,500 feet high); it is believed to be the peak on which Moses received the Ten Commandments)
Holonyms ("Sinai" is a part of...):
Arab Republic of Egypt; Egypt; United Arab Republic (a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A desert on the Sinai Peninsula in northeastern Egypt
Synonyms:
Sinai; Sinai Desert
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
desert (arid land with little or no vegetation)
Holonyms ("Sinai" is a part of...):
Sinai; Sinai Peninsula (a peninsula in northeastern Egypt; at north end of Red Sea)
Arabian Desert; Great Arabian Desert (a desert on the Arabian Peninsula in southwestern Asia)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A mountain peak in the southern Sinai Peninsula (7,500 feet high); it is believed to be the peak on which Moses received the Ten Commandments
Synonyms:
Mount Sinai; Sinai
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
mountain peak (the summit of a mountain)
Holonyms ("Sinai" is a part of...):
Sinai; Sinai Peninsula (a peninsula in northeastern Egypt; at north end of Red Sea)
