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Sinai

si·nai

UK/ˈsaɪˌnaɪ/ US/ˈsiˌnaɪ/ uncommon

noun

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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

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From Vulgate Latin Sinai, from Ancient Greek Σινάι (Sinái), from Hebrew סִינַי (Sináy).

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