ica , ▁which ▁are ▁tradition ally ▁used ▁to ▁refer ▁to ▁China ▁or ▁the ▁Chinese , ▁came ▁from ▁S ī na e . ▁It ▁is ▁generally ▁thought ▁that ▁Ch ī na , ▁S ī na ▁and ▁Th ī na ▁are ▁variants ▁that ▁ultimately ▁derived ▁from ▁Q in , ▁which ▁was ▁the ▁western most ▁state ▁in ▁China ▁that ▁eventually ▁formed ▁the ▁Q in ▁D ynast y . ▁There ▁are ▁however ▁other ▁opinions ▁on ▁its ▁et ym ology ▁( See ▁section ▁on ▁China ▁above ). ▁Henry ▁Y ule ▁thought ▁that ▁this ▁term ▁may ▁have ▁come ▁to ▁Europe ▁through ▁the ▁Arab s , ▁who ▁made ▁the ▁China ▁of ▁the ▁farther ▁east ▁into ▁Sin , ▁and ▁perhaps ▁sometimes ▁into ▁Th in . ▁Hence ▁the ▁Th in ▁of ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁the ▁Per i plus ▁of ▁the ▁E ry th ra e an ▁Sea , ▁who ▁appears ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁first ▁ext ant ▁writer ▁to ▁employ ▁the ▁name ▁in ▁this ▁form ; ▁hence ▁also ▁the ▁Sin æ ▁and ▁Th inae ▁of ▁P to le my . ▁ ▁Some ▁denied ▁that ▁P to le my ' s ▁S inae ▁really ▁represented ▁the ▁Chinese ▁as ▁P to le my ▁called ▁the ▁country ▁S ē rice ▁and ▁the ▁capital ▁S ē ra , ▁but ▁regarded ▁them ▁as ▁distinct ▁from ▁S ī na e . ▁ ▁Mar cian ▁of ▁Her acle a ▁( a ▁cond enser ▁of ▁P to le my ) ▁tells ▁us ▁that ▁the ▁" n ations ▁of ▁the ▁S inae ▁lie ▁at ▁the ▁extrem ity ▁of ▁the ▁habit able ▁world