Shinar

Name means “watch of him that sleeps”Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary: “Shinar, watch of him that sleeps”

First named: Genesis 10:10

Region Mesopotamia Primeval History Patriarchal

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Named in Scripture, but with no story of its own here — kept for the connections graph.

References: Genesis 10:10