Shinar

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English

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Etymology

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From Hebrew שנער (shin'ár).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Shinar

  1. (biblical) The southern region of Mesopotamia.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, [] (King James Version), London: [] Robert Barker, [], →OCLC, Genesis 11:2:
      And it came to passe as they iourneyed from the East, that they found a plaine in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there.
    • 2022 April 11, Jonathan Haidt, “Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid”, in The Atlantic[1]:
      In the Book of Genesis, we are told that the descendants of Noah built a great city in the land of Shinar.

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