Sinaean

== English == === Etymology === From Sinae +‎ -an, from Latin Sinae, from Ancient Greek Σῖναι (Sînai), q.v. === Adjective === Sinaean (comparative more Sinaean, superlative most Sinaean) (archaic) Synonym of Chinese. [1639] 1639, John Chilmead, translating Robert Hues as A Learned Treatise of Globes..., p. 139: ...so that I cannot but wonder that Matthaeus Riccius a Iesuite, in his Sinaean expedition should take so much paines to prove, that the Kingdome of Cathaia, and of the Sinaeans is all one. (archaic) Synonym of East Asian or Chinese-like. [1763] ==== Related terms ==== === Proper noun === Sinaean (plural Sinaeans) (archaic, rare) Synonym of Chinese. 1639, John Chilmead, translating Robert Hues as A Learned Treatise of Globes..., p. 139: ...so that I cannot but wonder that Matthaeus Riccius a Iesuite, in his Sinaean expedition should take so much paines to prove, that the Kingdome of Cathaia, and of the Sinaeans is all one. === Noun === Sinaean (plural Sinaeans) (archaic, rare) Synonym of Chinese. 1639, John Chilmead, translating Robert Hues as A Learned Treatise of Globes..., p. 139: ...so that I cannot but wonder that Matthaeus Riccius a Iesuite, in his Sinaean expedition should take so much paines to prove, that the Kingdome of Cathaia, and of the Sinaeans is all one. === References === “Sinaean, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.