sina

Sina, or SINA Corporation, is a Chinese online media company that operates Sina.com, a major web portal, and Sina Weibo, a popular microblogging platform. The company was founded in 1998 and is publicly traded on the NASDAQ under the ticker SINA. Its services span news, entertainment, finance, and social media, making it a prominent contributor to China’s online information ecosystem.

Ibn Sina, known in the West as Avicenna, was a Persian polymath who lived from 980 to 1037. His full name was Abu Ali al-Husayn ibn Abd Allah ibn Sina. He authored numerous works on medicine and philosophy, including The Canon of Medicine and The Book of Healing. His writings influenced both the Islamic Golden Age scholarly tradition and later European medicine and philosophy.

As a given name, Sina is used in various cultures and languages. It can be found in Persian-speaking and Turkish contexts, among others, and may be masculine or feminine depending on regional naming practices. The name appears in historical and contemporary contexts, separate from its association with the corporation or the historical figure Ibn Sina.