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Noun: Sinai  'sI,nI
  1. A peninsula in northeastern Egypt; at north end of Red Sea
    - Sinai Peninsula
     
  2. A mountain peak in the southern Sinai Peninsula (7,500 feet high); it is believed to be the peak on which Moses received the Ten Commandments
    - Mount Sinai
     
  3. A desert on the Sinai Peninsula in northeastern Egypt
    - Sinai Desert

Type of: desert, mountain peak, peninsula

Part of: Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabian Desert, Egypt, Great Arabian Desert, United Arab Republic

Encyclopedia: Sinai, South Dakota