Sinæan, a. rare.
(saɪˈniːən)
[irreg. f. late L. Sīnæ, ad. Gr. σίναι (Ptolemy), prob. ad. Arab. Sīn, the empire of China.]
Chinese.
| 1667 Milton P.L. xi. 390 From the destind Walls Of Cambalu..To Paquin of Sinæan Kings. 1893 R. Wilson tr. Figuier's Human Race iii. 292 The nations belonging to the Sinæan branch..have not the features of the Yellow Race so well defined as those belonging to the Mongolian branch. |