The Clue
Biblical mount (5 letter answer)
The Answer
SINAI
Tags
Notes
The answer SINAI is seen frequently, appearing about once every 160 puzzles.
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Definition
SINAI as a noun:
1. (Sinai, Mount Sinai) = a mountain peak in the southern Sinai Peninsula (7,500 feet high); it is believed to be the peak on which Moses received the Ten Commandments
2. (Sinai, Sinai Desert) = a desert on the Sinai Peninsula in northeastern Egypt
3. (Sinai, Sinai Peninsula) = a peninsula in northeastern Egypt; at north end of Red Sea