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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Sa•bine
(sā′bīn),USA pronunciation adj.
n.
Sa•bine (sā′bīn, -bin for 1; sə bēn′ for 2),USA pronunciation n.
- 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.
n.
- one of the Sabine people.
- the Italic language of the Sabines.
- Latin Sabīnus
- Middle English 1350–1400
Sa•bine (sā′bīn, -bin for 1; sə bēn′ for 2),USA pronunciation n.
- Ancient History, Biographical Wallace Clement (Ware), 1868–1919, U.S. physicist: pioneered research in acoustics.
- Ancient History, Place Namesa 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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