Sina may refer to:
Relating to China
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Chin (China)
The names of China include the many contemporary and historical designations given in various languages for the East Asian country known as in Standard Chinese, a form based on the Beijing dialect of Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin.
The English nam ...
, or Sina (), old Chinese form of the Sanskrit name Cina ()
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Shina (word)
''Shina'' is a largely archaic name for China. Its use in Japanese originally had a neutral connotation, but the word came to be perceived as derogatory by Chinese people during the course of the First and Second Sino-Japanese Wars. As a res ...
, or Sina (), archaic Japanese word for China
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Sinae, Latin name for China
Places
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Sina, Albania, or Sinë, a village in Dibër County, Albania
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Sina, Iran (), a village in Isfahan Province, Iran
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Sena, Iran (), also romanized as Sina, a village in Bushehr Province, Iran
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Sina Rural District, in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
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Sina District, in San Antonio de Putina Province, Peru
People
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Ali Sina (activist), pseudonym of an Iranian-born Canadian activist, founder of several anti-Islam and anti-Muslim websites
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Elvis Sina (born 1978), Albanian soccer player
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Ibn Sīnā
Ibn Sina ( – 22 June 1037), commonly known in the West as Avicenna ( ), was a preeminent philosopher and physician of the Muslim world, flourishing during the Islamic Golden Age, serving in the courts of various Iranian rulers. He is oft ...
(c. 980 – 1037), also known as Avicenna, Persian physician, philosopher, and scientist
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Jaren Sina
Jaren Sina (born March 12, 1994) is a Kosovan-American professional basketball player, who lastly played for Astoria Bydgoszcz of the Polish Basketball League. He played college basketball for the Seton Hall Pirates and George Washington Colon ...
(born 1994), Portugal-born American basketball player of Kosovar origin
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Melek Sina Baydur (born 1948), Turkish diplomat and former Ambassador of Turkey
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Sina Ashouri (born 1988), Iranian soccer player
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Sina Siegenthaler (born 2000), Swiss snowboarder
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Sina-drums, YouTube alias of Sina Doering (born 1999), German drummer and YouTuber
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Than Sina
Than Sina () is a Cambodian politician. He was elected to represent Kampot Province in the National Assembly of Cambodia
The National Assembly (, UNGEGN: ; ) is one of the two houses (chambers) of the Parliament of Cambodia. It is referre ...
, 21st-century Cambodian politician
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Wynne (rapper), stage name of Sina Wynne Holwerda (born 1997), American rapper
Companies
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Sina Corporation
Sina Corporation () is a Chinese technology company. Sina operates four major business lines: Sina Weibo, Sina Mobile, Sina Online, and Sinanet. Sina has over 100 million registered users worldwide. Sina was recognized by ''Southern Weekend'' as ...
, Chinese online media company
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Sina Bank, a private Iranian bank
Art
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Sina and the Eel
Sina and the Eel is a myth of origins in Samoan mythology, which explains the origins of the first coconut tree.
In the Samoan language the legend is called ''Sina ma le Tuna.'' ''Tuna'' is the Samoan word for 'eel'.
The story is also well kn ...
, a Samoan myth of origin
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Society for Indecency to Naked Animals
The Society for Indecency to Naked Animals, or SINA ronounced "sinna" was a satirical hoax concocted by serial prankster Alan Abel. The group used the language and rhetoric of conservative moralists for the ostensible aim of clothing "indecent" ...
, a satirical hoax concocted by Alan Abel
* "Sina", a song by Brazilian singer
Djavan
Djavan Caetano Viana (; born 27 January 1949) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest singers in Brazilian history.
Early life and career
Djavan was born in Maceió, Brazil to a whit ...
** "Soulfood To Go (Sina)", English title of a cover of this song by
The Manhattan Transfer
The Manhattan Transfer was an American vocal group founded in 1969 in New York City, performing music genres like a cappella, Brazilian jazz, Swing music, swing, vocalese, rhythm and blues, Pop music, pop, and standards. They have won eleven G ...
Military and government
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Sina-class fast attack craft
Sina () is a class of upgraded developed by Iran.
History
One of major naval production projects in Iran, it delivered Iran's first ever domestically-built warship in 2003. Abhijit Singh, a senior fellow at Observer Research Foundation describ ...
, class of Iranian naval craft
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Sina-1
''Sina-1'' () is the first Iranian artificial satellite, launched at 6:52 UTC October 28, 2005 on board a Cosmos-3M Russian launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. The rocket was also carrying a Russian military Mozhayets-5 satellite, a ...
'', an Iranian satellite launched on a Russian rocket in 2005
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''Sina 7'' (frigate), an Iranian frigate launched in 2012
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Sichere Inter-Netzwerk Architektur
Sichere Inter-Netzwerk Architektur (SINA) is a cryptographic system developed by and a product of the Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik, an arm of the German government. It also has the anglicized name Secure Inter-Network Archi ...
, a German government cryptography system
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Shina (disambiguation)
Shina may refer to:
* Kohistani Shina language, an Indo-Aryan language spoken in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
* Shina language, an Indo-Aryan language spoken in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
* Shina people, an ethnic group in Gilgit Baltistan, Paki ...
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Sinai (disambiguation)
Sinai commonly refers to:
* Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
* Mount Sinai, a mountain in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
* Biblical Mount Sinai, the site in the Bible where Moses received the Law of God
Sinai may also refer to:
* Sinai, South Dakota, a place ...
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Sino (disambiguation)
Sino as a prefix generally refers to:
* China
* Greater China
* Chinese people
* Two Chinas
* Culture of China
* History of China
* Sino-Native, individuals of mixed Chinese and indigenous heritage in Sabah, Malaysia
Sino may also refer to:
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Sino-
The names of China include the many contemporary and historical designations given in various languages for the East Asian country known as in Standard Chinese, a form based on the Beijing dialect of Mandarin.
The English name "China" was bor ...
prefix from Latin meaning China-
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