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Sa⋅bine

[sey-bahyn]
–adjective
1. of 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.
–noun
2. one of the Sabine people.
3. the Italic language of the Sabines.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L Sabīnus

Sa⋅bine

[sey-bahyn, -bin for 1; suh-been for 2]
–noun
1. Wallace Clement (Ware), 1868–1919, U.S. physicist: pioneered research in acoustics.
2. 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. ab. 500 mi. (800 km) long.
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Sa·bine   (sā'bīn')   
n.  
  1. A member of an ancient people of central Italy, conquered and assimilated by the Romans in 290 B.C.

  2. The Italic language of the Sabines.

adj.  Of or relating to the Sabines or their language or culture.

[Middle English Sabyn, from Latin Sabīnus.]
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Word Origin & History

Sabine 
"pertaining to a people in ancient Italy," 1387, from L. Sabinus (in poetic L. often Sabellus), connected by Tucker to root *sabh- "combine, gather, unite" (cf. Skt. sabha "gathering of village community," Rus. sebr "neighbor, friend," Goth. sibja, O.H.G. sippa "blood-relationship, peace, alliance," O.E. sibb "relationship, peace").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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