Sinese

English

noun
Definitions
  • (rare) The Chinese people or a Chinese person, (particularly) with reference to the historical southern Chinese known to the Greeks and Romans as the Sinae.

Etymology

Derived from Latin Sinae (the southern Chinese, an Oriental people mentioned by Ptolemy).

Origin

Latin

Sinae

Gloss

the southern Chinese, an Oriental people mentioned by Ptolemy

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