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Where does “Avicenna” come from?

Avicenna is the Latinized form of the Arabic name اِبْن سِينَا, the renowned Persian philosopher and physician of the medieval Islamic world.

Avicenna (English): a latinised name

Definitions

  1. a latinised name

Ancestry of “Avicenna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval LatinAvicenna—
2Arabicاِبْن سِينَاAvicenna

Words derived from “Avicenna”

  • Avicennan
  • avicennite
  • Avicennia
  • Avicenniaceae
  • Avicennioideae
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