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🏺 Relating to Sabines 🌊 A Texas river 👤 An ancient person
Sabine

Sabine

1 9.9
A person from an ancient people who lived north of Rome
  • noun
  • /ˈseɪbaɪn/
: sabino
  • The Romans' assimilation of the Sabine people greatly influenced their culture and traditions.

Examples

  • The Sabine people were known for their resilience.

  • Did the Sabines have their own unique culture?

  • Archaeologists have discovered artifacts from the ancient Sabine settlements north of Rome.

  • Legends such as the Rape of the Sabine Women are central to early Roman history.

  • Archaeologists have discovered artifacts from the ancient Sabine settlements north of Rome.

  • Legends such as the Rape of the Sabine Women are central to early Roman history.

  • The Romans' assimilation of the Sabine people greatly influenced their culture and traditions.

Compounds

Sabine River
1 4.6

A river in eastern Texas that flows south into the Gulf of Mexico and forms part of the Texas–Louisiana border

sabine pine
  • US
8.2

A medium-sized pine tree with five needles in each group and long thin cones native to southwestern California

Surface Forms

Sabine singular
Sabines plural

Etymology

Sabine originally named a member of an old Italian people called the Sabines, so a Sabine is simply 'a person from that group' and the word keeps that meaning today.