Associations to the word «Sabine»

Wiktionary

SABINE, noun. (botany) Alternative form of savin
SABINE, noun. A member of an ancient tribe of Italy.
SABINE RIVER, proper noun. A river that flows through eastern Texas and western Louisiana into the Gulf of Mexico.

Dictionary definition

SABINE, noun. A river in eastern Texas that flows south into the Gulf of Mexico.
SABINE, noun. A member of an ancient Oscan-speaking people of the central Apennines north of Rome who were conquered and assimilated into the Roman state in 290 BC.
SABINE, adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Sabines.

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.