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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)

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