Sabine
1of or belonging to an ancient people of central Italy who lived chiefly in the Apennines northeast of Rome and were subjugated by the Romans about 290 b.c.
one of the Sabine people.
the Italic language of the Sabines.
Origin of Sabine
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Wallace Clement (Ware), 1868–1919, U.S. physicist: pioneered research in acoustics.
a river flowing SE and S from NE Texas, forming the boundary between Texas and Louisiana and then through Sabine Lake to the Gulf of Mexico. About 500 miles (800 km) long.
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How to use Sabine in a sentence
The captain said that the land was the mouth of the Sabine river.
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British Dictionary definitions for Sabine
/ (ˈsæbaɪn) /
a member of an ancient Oscan-speaking people who lived in central Italy northeast of Rome
of, characteristic of, or relating to this people or their language
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