ibn Sina

[ ib-uhn -see-nah ]

/ ˌɪb ən Ë?si nÉ‘ /

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noun

Arabic name of Avicenna.

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ibn Gabirol, ibn Hanbal, ibn Khaldun, ibn Rushd, ibn Saud, ibn Sina, ibn Zuhr, Ibo, ibogaine, Ibota privet, IBR

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How to use ibn Sina in a sentence

One of the most important rooms in the temple is the shrine of Sheik Adi ibn Musafir.
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These included a flamboyant veteran of the war against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan named Ibn al-Khattab.
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Since the death of ibn Saud in 1953, succession has moved only among his sons.
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In that attack, the Scooter Killer's first, the paratrooper, Ibn Ziaten, had sought to sell his Suzuki Bandit motorcycle.
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This phrase, says Ibn Khallikan, afterwards became a proverb.
A Boswell of Baghdad|E. V. Lucas
Thus the cautious encyclopÃ¦dia; but Ibn Khallikan has no such hesitancy.
A Boswell of Baghdad|E. V. Lucas
I have not borrowed much from Ibn Khallikan's heroics, but this is good.
A Boswell of Baghdad|E. V. Lucas
It is in the sect of Abdullah ibn MaymÅ«n that we must seek the model for Weishaupt's system of organization.
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The remarks of Ibn Batuta (c. 1332) already suggest the present state of things, viz.
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British Dictionary definitions for ibn Sina

ibn-Sina

/ (ËŒÉªbÉ™nË?siË?nÉ™) /

noun

the Arabic name of Avicenna

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Scientific definitions for ibn Sina

Ibn Sina

[ Äbâ€²É™n sÄ“â€²nÃ¤ ]

Hakim Abu Ali al-Husain ibn Abdallah Also known as Avicenna.

(Ä?vâ€²Ä-sÄ•nâ€²É™) 980-1037

Persian physician and philosopher whose medical textbook, The Canon of Medicine, is a comprehensive medical encyclopedia that remained a standard work in European medical studies until the 17th century.

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