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Sabine

//ˈseɪbaɪn// name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or characteristic of the Sabines wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name.
  2. 2
    A river in Louisiana and Texas, USA; see Sabine River.
Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of savin. alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    A member of a certain ancient tribe of Italy.
  3. 3
    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 wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin Sabinus. The name is said to mean "of one's own," from Proto-Indo-European *sebʰ-, *swebʰ- (“one's own”).

Etymology 2

From the Latin saint's name Sabina.

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