Shinaru
- Shinar. Biblical place name for the land of ancient Babylonia, present-day southern Iraq
Example: Na rĩrĩ, kũrĩa aambĩrĩirie gũthamaka-rĩ, nĩ Babeli, na Ereku, na Akadi, na Kaline, kũu bũrũri wa Shinaru. (GEN 10:10) — His kingdom originated in Babylon, Erech and Accad, all of them in the land of Shinar. Shinar : the land of ancient Babylonia, embracing Sumer and Akkad, present-day southern Iraq, mentioned also in 1