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Subject: Re: Synai
Author: Cleveland Kent Evans   (Authenticated as clevelandkentevans)
Date: April 23, 2006 at 2:45:33 PM
Reply to: Synai by Melissa
Some quick Googling seems to show that the name of the mountain may be from the name of the Babylonian mood god, Sin, or it may simply refer to "desert". I suspect that, like many ancient place names, it would be hard to be 100% certain what the origin is.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14011a.htm

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