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Sin

proper nounproper nounproper nouncommon in dialogue

The god of the moon.

proper noun

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    The god of the moon.

Etymology

Transliteration of Akkadian 𒀭𒂗𒍪 (Sîn).

proper noun

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    A surname from Chinese.

Etymology

From Cantonese 單 /单 (sin6) or 冼 (sin2).

proper noun

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    A desert mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, situated between Elim and Mount Sinai.

    And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.

Etymology

From Hebrew סִין.

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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).