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Sinan (other)
Sinan is a given name and surname. Sinan may also refer to: Buildings, institutions and places * Sinan, Iran, a village in North Khorasan Province, Iran * Mosque Katip Sinan Qelebi, in Prizren, Kosovo * Sinan Pasha Mosque (Damascus), an early Ottoman-era mosque in Damascus, Syria, located along Suq Sinaniyya Street * Sinan Pasha Mosque (Istanbul), built by one Sinan for another * Sinan Pasha Mosque (Kaçanik), Kosovo * Sinan Pasha Mosque (Prizren), Kosovo * Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul * Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul * Abu Sinan, local council in Israel * Sinan, Yemen, village in San‘a’ Governorate * Kalaat es Senam, town in Tunisia * Sinan (crater), crater on Mercury (named after Mimar Sinan) * Sinanjiang Dam in Yunnan, China Places * Sinan (woreda), Ethiopia * Ain Sinan, Qatar * Sinan County, Guizhou (思南县), China * Sinan County, South Jeolla (신안군 / 新安郡), South Korea * Tell Sinan, Syria Other uses * Hakan Karahan (born 1960), Turkish writer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinan
Sinan (Arabic: سنان ''sinān'') is a name found in Arabic and Early Arabic, meaning ''spearhead''. The name may also be related to the Ancient Greek name Sinon. It was used as a male given name. Etymology The word is possibly stems from the Arabic verb سَنَّ ''sanna'', which means to "grind, sharpen, to make a point or dot". Another older meaning probably refer to " age", the length of time that a person has lived or a thing has existed, or the old age. Also, another meaning refers to "make a law/ legislation about something". The general meaning is "sharpened point/ nib of the spear or lance(t)" which could possibly have a symbolic connotation representing a pointed arch, some referring to the niche of a '' mihrab'', since the mihrab represent the "point, direction" of prayer to the Ka'abah in Islam. In a ''hadith'' narrated by Abu Juhaifa in '' Sahih al-Bukhari'', "Once Allah's Messenger went to Al-Batha' at noon, performed the ablution and offered a two rak'at Zuh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinan (crater)
Sinan is an impact crater on the planet Mercury, 134 kilometers in diameter. It is located northeast of the crater Yeats and southeast of the crater Li Po. It has one craterlet on the south-southwestern side of the crater floor, and it has a symmetrical pit slightly west of the center. Together with a smaller unnamed crater on its southern border, the crater Sinan forms a shape similar to that of the spade found in card games. The crater is named after Mimar Sinan, a 16th-century Turkish architect. The name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union The International Astronomical Union (IAU; french: link=yes, Union astronomique internationale, UAI) is a nongovernmental organisation with the objective of advancing astronomy in all aspects, including promoting astronomical research, outreach ... in 1976. References Impact craters on Mercury {{Mercury-planet-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinan County (other)
Sinan County may refer to a county with the same name in China and South Korea: * Sinan County, Guizhou (思南县), of Tongren Prefecture, Guizhou, China * Sinan County, South Jeolla (신안군 / 新安郡), in South Jeolla Province, South Korea {{geodab, county ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hakan Karahan
Hakan Karahan (born 1 January 1960), also known with his pseudonym Sinan, is a Turkish writer and songwriter A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music .... He wrote several songs for Candan Erçetin and was producer for the movies '' Kaptan Feza'' and '' Gölgesizler''. Books * Yeni Başlayanlar İçin Aikido (1996, Alfa Yayınları, ) * Ama Öyle! (2006, Alfa Yayınları, ) Poems: * Kafamdaki Ses (1998, Scala Yayıncılık, ) * İntizar (2000, Scala Yayıncılık, ) Novels: * Sürüden Ayrı (2001, Alfa Yayınları, ) * 19 (2004, Alfa Yayınları, ) * Azrail (2005, Alfa Yayınları, ) * Kıyamet Haritası (2007, Altın Kitaplar, ) * Nehirde Kayan Yıldızlar (2012, Altın Kitaplar, ) * Abluka (2014, Self published, ) List of songs by Sinan Filmography Television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tell Sinan
Tell Sinan, also rendered as Tel/Tall/Tal Sinan, ( ar, تل سنان, Tall Sīnān) is a Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...n village located in the Salamiyah Subdistrict in Salamiyah District. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Tell Sinan had a population of 1,061 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Circassians. References Populated places in Salamiyah District Circassian communities in Syria {{HamaSY-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinan County, South Jeolla
Sinan County (''Sinan-gun'') is a county in South Jeolla Province, South Korea. The county consists of 111 inhabited islands and 719 uninhabited islands. The number of islands in this county accounts for 25% of all islands in South Korea. Big islands among them are Anjwado (45.2 km2), Aphaedo (44.3 km2), Bigeumdo (43.1 km2), Dochodo (40.3 km2), Imjado (43.2 km2), Amtaedo (38.7 km2), Jeungdo (37.2 km2), Jangsando (24.3 km2), Haui-do (16.1 km2), and Heuksando (19.7 km2). The sea area is a continental shelf with less than 15 meter in depth. Sinan County is known for its specialities - Skate (fish) and Cheonilyeom (천일염, a Korean type of sea salt). In 2014, enslaveries on Sinan County's salt farms were discovered. Administrative Divisions Sinan County has two ''eup'' () and twelve ''myeon'' (). Islands * Anjwado (안좌도, 安佐島): 45.2 km2 * Aphaedo (압해도, 押海島): 44.3 km2 * Bigeumdo (비금� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinan County, Guizhou
Sinan County () is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Tongren, in the northeast of Guizhou Province Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the province. Guizhou borders the autonomous region of Guangxi to t ..., China. Area: . Population is 610,000 in 2002. Postal Code: 565100. The government is located in Sitang town. Climate References External linksOfficial website of Sinan County {{authority control County-level divisions of Guizhou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ain Sinan
Ain Sinan ( ar, عين سنان, ‘Ayn Sinān) is a village on the north coast of Qatar, located in the municipality of Al Shamal. Historically, the village has been mainly inhabited by members of the Al-Rashed tribe. Etymology Ain Sinan gets its name from a man named Sinan, who built a well and farm in the area. History In J.G. Lorimer's ''Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf'', Ain Sinan was described as a village 4 miles southwest of Fuwayrit which contained a fort with a 35 feet deep masonry well. The fort was said to have been built by the Al-Maadeed tribe. After the Al Maadeed abandoned the area, the fort was held by the Bu Kuwara tribe of Fuwayrit as a means to secure its water supply. The village was demarcated in 1992. Infrastructure The nearest health center is 15 km away in Madinat Al Kaaban. There is no secondary school in the village; high school students typically commute to Madinat ash Shamal, 25 km away. Ain Sinan Park was opened in 2013, and covers an area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinan (woreda)
Sinan (Amharic: ስናን) is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Misraq Gojjam Zone, Sinan is bordered on the southwest by Guzamn, on the west by Machakel, on the north by Bibugn, on the northwest by Debay Telatgen, on the east by Awabel, and on the south by Aneded. Towns in Guzamn include Rob Gebeya. Sinan was part of Guzamn woreda. The highest point in this woreda as well as in the Misraq Gojjam Zone is Mount Choqa (also known as Mount Birhan), a part of the Choqa Mountains Cheqa or Choqa or Chaqa ( fa, چقا) may refer to: * Chaqa, Isfahan * Choqa, Kermanshah * Cheqa, Markazi * Chogha (other) Chogha or Chagha or Chegha ( fa, چغا) is a Persian word for a tell (archaeology), tell. It may also refer to: * ..., with an elevation of 4154 meters above sea level. Demographics Based on the 2007 national census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this woreda has a total population of 98,939, of whom 49,423 ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinanjiang Dam
The Sinanjiang Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Sinan River, a tributary of the Lixian River, in Mojiang Hani Autonomous County of Yunnan Province, China. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power production and it supports a 201 MW power station. Construction began in October 2003 and the river was diverted around the dam site on 5 February 2005. All three generators were commissioned in 2008. To produce power, water from the reservoir is diverted around a bend in the river through a long headrace tunnel which connects to the power station via a penstock. The power station contains three 67 MW Francis turbine-generators. See also * List of dams and reservoirs in China * List of tallest dams in China The tallest dams in China are some of the tallest dams in the world. Nearly 22,000 dams over in height – about half the world's total – have been constructed in China since the 1950s. Many of the tallest are located in the southwestern part ... R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalaat Es Senam
Kalaat es Senam, Kalaat Senan, or Kalâat Snan (Tunisian Arabic: قلعة سنان) is a town in western Tunisia in the Kef Governorate. It is the administrative center of Kalaat Senan Delegation and had 15,621 inhabitants ( census). , in French The town is a market town for the agriculture in the area, where wheat and oats are grown and cattle and sheep are grazed. Kalaat es Senam is named after the nearby fortress ( qalat) built upon the |
Sinan, Iran
Sinan ( fa, سينان, also Romanized as Sīnān) is a village in Azari Rural District Azari Rural District ( fa, دهستان آذری) is a rural district Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administr ..., in the Central District of Esfarayen County, North Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 515, in 131 families. References Populated places in Esfarayen County {{Esfarayen-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
