Shinar (shî'nar), the Land of, casting out? country of two rivers? The region where the people, after the Flood, made bricks and used slime (bitumen) for mortar. Genesis 11:2-3. It would seem originally to have denoted the northern part of Babylonia, as "Chaldæa" denoted the southern part; but subsequently, like Chaldæa, it was sometimes used for the whole. Genesis 10:10; Isaiah 11:11; Daniel 1:2; Zechariah 5:11. In Joshua 7:21 it is rendered "Babylonish." Among its cities were Babel (Babylon), Erech or Orech (Orchoi), Calneh or Calno (probably Niffer), and Accad.