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sinaean
adj 2name 1noun 1
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4ADJ.
increasing
VERB + SINAEAN
iesuite
SINAEAN + NOUN
expedition
PREP.
in
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adj
1
Synonym of Chinese.
...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.
An undersettled Soviet Union welcomes the rise of a 600-million Sinaean power increasing some two per cent per year.
2
Synonym of East Asian or Chinese-like.
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.
name
1
Synonym of Chinese.
...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
1
Synonym of Chinese.
...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.
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...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.
Wiktionary02
An undersettled Soviet Union welcomes the rise of a 600-million Sinaean power increasing some two per cent per year.
Wiktionary03
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.
Wiktionary04
...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.
Wiktionary05
...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.
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