Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A varying unit of weight or money used in ancient Greece and Asia.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of several different sturnoid passerine birds of India and countries further east.
- noun A unit of weight and of value, originally Assyrian, but used also by the Greeks and other ancient peoples.
- noun A genus of plants of the family Convolvulaceæ, closely related to Ipomœa and Quamoclit. Mina lobata of the gardens, a native of Mexico, is a twining herb with cordate 3-lobed leaves and small flowers in scorpioid clusters, the bag-shaped corolla of which is a rich crimson when it first opens, but changes to yellow.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) See
myna . - noun An ancient weight or denomination of money, of varying value. The Attic mina was valued at a hundred drachmas.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
myna bird .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun tropical Asian starlings
Etymologies
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Examples
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The lámina is also made of a clear plastic, in addition to the metal.
Metal roofing 2003
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In the original, what is here translated a pound, is in Latin, mina, in value of our coin, three pounds two shillings and sixpence.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 49: Luke The Challoner Revision
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In the original, what is here translated a pound, is in Latin, mina, in value of our coin, three pounds two shillings and sixpence.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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As part of Mr. Muhammad's Blue Revolution, the government this year chose 24 cities to become special fishery zones called "Minapolitans," based on mina , the Sanskrit word for fish.
Thousands of Islands, Many Fish Eric Bellman 2011
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A mina was a unit of currency equal to one sixtieth of a talent, or one hundred drachmae.
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003
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A mina was a unit of currency equal to one sixtieth of a talent, or one hundred drachmae.
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003
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In Indonesia, the method is referred to as mina-padi.
Chapter 10 1996
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[456] A mina was a little over £4; 60 minas made a talent.
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes
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In Chilean slang, "mina" also means woman, a translation similar to English's
The Seattle Times 2010
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In Chilean slang, "mina" also means woman, a translation similar to English's
trivet commented on the word mina
see qa
March 3, 2007