Mina
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mina¹
Rhymes with -aɪnə
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hindi मैना (mainā)/Urdu مینا (mainā), from Sanskrit मदन (madana).
noun minas
- Alternative spelling of myna.myna
mina²
Rhymes with -aɪnə
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin mina, from Ancient Greek μνᾶ (mnâ, “mna”). Compare maneh, from Biblical Hebrew מָנֶה (māne), as well as maund.
noun minas · minae
- A monetary unit of ancient Greece and the Middle East, originally equivalent to the weight of a mina of silver. What then of the actual fine of thirty minae Socrates proposes? Thirty minae was a large sum, “the equivalent of approximately eight-and-one-half years′ wages," according to one recent estimate (Brickhouse and Smith 1988, 227); enough to buy a library of three thousand philosophy books, if the price
- A unit of weight of varying value used in the ancient Middle East, especially Babylonia, Mesopotamia and Egypt; also an ancient Greek measure of weight equivalent to 1/60th of a talent, approximately 400-700 grams. Thirty minas of lapis lazuli in a solid block, two minas each their rims, six kor of oil, the capacity of both.
Mina³
- /ˈmiːnə/
Rhymes with -iːnə
proper noun
- An unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California.
- A census-designated place in Mineral County, Nevada.
- A town in Chautauqua County, New York.
- An unincorporated community in Williams County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Edmunds County, South Dakota.
Mina⁴
- /ˈmiːnə/
Rhymes with -iːnə
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Arabic مِينَا (mīnā) and Sanskrit मीना (mīnā).
proper noun Meena · Minah
- A female given name.
Mina⁵
- /ˈmiːnə/
Rhymes with -iːnə
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Arabic مِنَى (minā).
proper noun
- A valley in Saudi Arabia, near Mecca
