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单词 sinn fein
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Sinn Fein

[ shin -feyn ]
/ ˈʃɪn ˈfeɪn /

noun

a political organization in Ireland, founded about 1905, advocating the complete political separation from Great Britain of a unified Ireland.
a member of this organization.

Origin of Sinn Fein

From Irish sinn féin “we ourselves”

OTHER WORDS FROM Sinn Fein

Sinn Feiner, nounSinn Feinism, noun

Words nearby Sinn Fein

sink one's teeth into, sink or swim, sink through the floor, sinless, sinner, Sinn Fein, sinningia, sino-, sinoatrial, sinoatrial block, sinoatrial node
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British Dictionary definitions for Sinn Fein

Sinn Féin
/ (ˈʃɪn ˈfeːn) /

noun

an Irish republican political movement founded about 1905 and linked to the revolutionary Irish Republican Army: divided into a Provisional and an Official movement since a similar split in the IRA in late 1969

Derived forms of Sinn Féin

Sinn Finer, nounSinn Finism, noun

Word Origin for Sinn Féin

C20: from Irish: we ourselves
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for Sinn Fein

Sinn Fein
[ (shin fayn) ]

An Irish political party (in Gaelic it means “Ourselves Alone”) that has long combatted Great Britain's influence in Ireland and sought the unification of Northern Ireland with the Irish republic in the south; generally considered the political portion of the Irish Republican Army. One wing of it has engaged in terrorism.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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