title: Sina
text: # Sina
  
  Sina may refer to:
  
  ## Relating to China
  
  * Chin (China), or Sina (Chinese: 支那, 震旦), old Chinese form of the Sanskrit name Cina (चीन)
     * Shina (word), or Sina (Japanese: 支那), archaic Japanese word for China
     * Sinae, Latin name for China
  
  ## Places
  
  * Sina, Albania, or Sinë, village in Dibër County, Albania
  * Sina, Iran (Persian: سينا), a village in Isfahan Province, Iran
  * Sena, Iran (سينا), also romanized as Sina, a village in Bushehr Province, Iran
  * Sina Rural District, in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
  * Sina District, in San Antonio de Putina Province, Peru
  
  ## People
  
  * Ali Sina (activist), pseudonym of the founder of several anti-Islam and anti-Muslim websites
  * Sina Ashouri (born 1988), an Iranian soccer-player
  * Ibn Sīnā (c. 980 – 1037), Avicenna, a Persian physician, philosopher, and scientist
  * Elvis Sina (born 1978), an Albanian soccer-player
  * Jaren Sina (born 1994), Portugal-born American basketball player of Kosovar origin
  * Melek Sina Baydur (born 1948), Turkish retired woman diplomat and former Ambassador of Turkey
  * Than Sina, Cambodian politician
  
  ## Companies
  
  * Sina Corp (新浪), Chinese online media company
  * Sina Bank, a private Iranian bank
  
  ## Art
  
  * Sina and the Eel, a Samoan myth of origin
  * Society for Indecency to Naked Animals, a satirical hoax perpetuated by Alan Abel
  * "Sina", a song by Brazilian singer Djavan
  * "Soulfood To Go (Sina)", English title of a cover of this song by Manhattan Transfer (band)
  
  ## Military
  
  * Sina-class fast attack craft, major Iranian naval production project
  * Sina-1, an Iranian satellite launched on a Russian rocket in October 2005
  * Sina 7 (frigate), an Iranian frigate launched in November 2012
  