Meaning

noun a river in eastern Texas that flows south into the Gulf of Mexico

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

adjective of or relating to or characteristic of the Sabines

originFrom French Sabines (“Rivière Sabines”) via sabine (“tree type”), from Spanish Sabinas (“Rio de Sabinas”), from sabina (“type of tree”), from Latin herba Sabina (“tree”), from Sabinus (“tribe”); named after the forests on the shores of the river. Named in 1716 by Spanish explorer Domingo Ramón.

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