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mino¹

  • /ˈmɪnəʊ/ UK
  • /ˈmiːnəʊ/ UK
  • /ˈmɪnoʊ/ US
  • /ˈmiːnəʊ/ US

Sounds like minnow

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Japanese 蓑 (mino).

noun mino

  1. historical A traditional Japanese raincoat made from straw.

mino²

  • /ˈmaɪnəʊ/ UK
  • /ˈmaɪnoʊ/ US

Where it comes from

Presumably originally a hypercorrection of myna under the assumption that it had been subjected to the reduction of unstressed final /əʊ///oʊ/ common in nonstandard English varieties (compare fella, winda; in thorough and (-)borough such reduction is standard as these words are often unstressed).

noun minos

  1. archaic Archaic form of myna (“type of bird”). He is a native of East India and its adjacent islands, but the high estimation in which the Mino is held amongst the natives, and the ready sale which promising specimens realise (the equivalent of £2 being often paid in India) render it difficult to obtain a really good bird in England except at an

Mino³

proper noun

  1. A city in Gifu Prefecture, Japan.

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name city in Japan

日本語美濃

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MLA

"mino." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mino. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

mino. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mino

Chicago

"mino." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mino.

BibTeX
@misc{mino_2026,
  title = {mino},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mino},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}