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Sabine Common

Sabine has 7 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Adjective · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a river in eastern Texas that flows south into the Gulf of Mexico

"After crossing the Sabine, we finally reached the border between Texas and Louisiana."

2

a member of an ancient Oscan-speaking people of the central Apennines north of Rome who were conquered and assimilated into the Roman state in 290 BC

"The history teacher explained that Sabine women famously married Roman men after their tribe was defeated, effectively merging two cultures."

3

Alternative form of savin

"The local historian explained that the Sabine women were famously abducted by Romans to intermarry and end centuries of war between the two peoples."

4

a member of an ancient tribe of Italy.

Adjective
1

of or relating to or characteristic of the Sabines

"The local historians argued that certain burial rites were truly Sabine in origin rather than Roman."

Proper Noun
1

A female given name.

"The old fishing boat drifted slowly down the Sabine toward the Gulf of Mexico."

2

a river in Louisiana and Texas, USA; see Sabine River.

See Also
sabellian sabines louisiana usa sabinian quirinus texas sabina
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
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Rhyming Words
ine sine vine line mine bine zine wine dine eine pine gine kine rine fine nine tine cine meine reine
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