Another name for the Land of Babylonia, sometimes used in poetic contexts in prophecies (Isaiah 11, 11; Zechariah 5, 11).

• A valley in the land of Shinar is where the story of the Tower of Babel took place (Genesis 11, 2).
• King Amrafel of Shinar, along with Chedarlaomer and some other kings waged the War of the Kings in the time of Avraham (Genesis 14, 1-9).