Sinai Peninsula

The Sinai Peninsula or simply Sinai (/ˈsn/;Arabic: سيناء Sīnāʼ ; Egyptian Arabic: سينا Sīna, IPA: [ˈsiːnæ]; Hebrew: סיני Sinai) is a triangular peninsula in Egypt about 60,000 km2 (23,000 sq mi) in area. It is situated between the Mediterranean Sea to the north, and the Red Sea to the south, and is the only part of Egyptian territory located in Asia, as opposed to Africa, serving as a land bridge between two continents. The bulk of the peninsula is divided administratively into two of Egypt's 27 governorates (with three more straddling the Suez Canal area), and has a population of approximately 1,400,000 people. In addition to its formal name, Egyptians also refer to it as Arḍ ul-Fairūz (أرض الفيروز "the land of turquoise"). The ancient Egyptians called it Mafkat, or "land of the green minerals".

Sinai (disambiguation)

Sinai may refer to:

  • Sinai Peninsula, a region in Egypt
  • The North Sinai Governorate of Egypt
  • The South Sinai Governorate of Egypt
  • Mount Sinai, a mountain in the Sinai Peninsula, also known as Gebel Musa or Moses' mountain
  • Biblical Mount Sinai, a discussion of possible locations for the Bible's "Mount Sinai," the site where Moses received the Law of God
  • The Michael Sobell Sinai school, a Jewish primary school in London, England
  • Shenoy, a surname sometime written as Sinai in Goa, India
  • Saleem Sinai, a fictional character in Salman Rushdie's novel Midnight's Children
  • Yakov Sinai, a Russian-American mathematician
  • Nick Sinai, Deputy Chief Technology Officer of the United States
  • Sinai, a wargame by Simulation Publications
  • Sinai, South Dakota, United States
  • See also

  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, a hospital in Los Angeles
  • Mount Sinai (disambiguation)
  • Sin (mythology)
  • Sinai Beach, a Christian Metalcore band
  • Sinnai
  • Shenoy
  • Wilayat Sayna, a branch of the jihadist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), active in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula
  • Shenoy

    Shenoy (Devanagari: शणै, शणय, शेणवी; historicaly स्येनवि, सेण्णवी) is a common surname amongst the Konkani speaking Goud Saraswat Brahmins and Rajapur Saraswat Brahmins in India.

    Etymology

    The original word is Shrenipati or the leader of the guild, which got converted as Shennivayi in Apabhraṃśa, and later as Shenai or Shenvi in old Konkani.

    Background and origins

    The Goud Saraswat Brahmins are from Goa, India and are originally part of the larger Saraswat community of north. Saraswat Brahmins used to live on the banks of the river Saraswati during ancient times . After the river got extinct some migrated towards south and since then settled in Goa. The Shenoys were generally involved in administration of the city. The word "Shenoy" itself means a writer. GSBs were administrators of the temples. The word "Shenoy" is also interchangeable with its Sanskrit counterpart Shanbhag or Shanbhogue which means clerk.

    The Saraswats migrated from Goa during the Muslim and Christian conquests during 1600, and carried their surname with them . Thus the word 'शणै' is transliterated in Latin script as Shenoy in Karnataka, as Shenoi in Kerala, and as Xennai, Shenai or even Sinai in Goa. "Xennoi" was used in the erstwhile Portuguese territory of Goa but has given way to "Xennai" today. Another possible origin of the surname Shenoy is from the word "Shennvi" meaning ninety six. This denotes the ninety six families of Saraswat Brahmins who initially settled in Goa.

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