Chinae

Variant of Sīnae under influence from Old French Chin, Portuguese China, and their descendants.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰiː.nae̯/, [ˈkʰiːnäe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈki.ne/, [ˈkiːne]

Chīnae f pl (genitive Chīnārum); first declension

1. (Renaissance Latin, rare in New Latin) Alternative form of Sīnae (“China, or the Chinese people”)

Usage of this form is rare from the 19th century onward, as the original classical form was considered more standard.

First-declension noun, plural only.