Genii

or Ginu , an intermediate race between angels and men. They ruled on earth before the creation of Adam—D’Her be lot, Bibliothèque Orientale , 357 (1697). Also spelt Djinn and Jinn. ⁂ Solomon is supposed to preside over the whole race of genii. This seems to have arisen from a mere confusion of words of somewhat similar sound. The chief of the genii was called a suleyman, which got corrupted into a proper name.