Ṣaina

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See also: Saina, saina, and säinä

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Ṣáínà

Etymology

From English China.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ʃá.í.nà/

Proper noun

Ṣáínà

  1. China (a country in eastern Asia)
    • 2008, Lérè Adèyẹmí, Kò sáyè làáfin, page 2:
      Bí wọn ti ń pè é ni Rọ́ṣíà ní wọn n bèèrè rẹ̀ ní Amẹ́ríkà, àwọn ìjọba Ṣáínà fé bá orílè̟-èdè Bóluwatife ṣe nítorí Ìwàlewà.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2022 April 13, Eyitayọ Fauziat Oyetunji, “Shanghai pinnu láti fìyà jẹ ẹnikẹ́ni tó bá tàpá sófin ìgbélé ààrùn còrónà”, in Ilé Akéde Nàìjíríà (Voice of Nigeria), archived from the original on 16 January 2024:
      Olú-ìlú ìṣòwò orílè-èdè Ṣáínà ní Shanghai ti kìlọ̀ pé ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá rú àwọn òfin ìgbélé ààrùn còrónà yóò jẹyán ẹ̀ níṣu.
      The Chinese commercial capital of Shanghai warned that anyone who violates COVID-19 lockdown rules will be dealt with strictly.