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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. In the peninsula of India, a stambha, especially one built of masonry. Compare lat.

Wiktionary

  1. n. alternative spelling of myna.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. tropical Asian starlings

Examples

  • “Quartey M'Ba gave it to me for a dead 'minah' I found in the jungle. ”

    When the Birds Begin to Sing

  • “Now let us consider a little, dinky, old minah bird with one broken wing that cannot fly.”

    WHEN ALICE TOLD HER SOUL

  • “At Waikiki the minah bird that cannot fly takes one grain of sand in its beak and hops, hops, all day lone and for many days, all the day to Pearl Harbour and drops that one grain of sand into the harbour.”

    WHEN ALICE TOLD HER SOUL

  • “Great store, that: patient salespeople, wood shelves from floor to extra-high ceiling and a minah bird.”

    Tuesday, April 28 – The Bleat.

  • “I didn't take them in out of pity although after being given the minah bird, the constant shrieking drove me nuts and I pawned him off on another naive person.”

    Upon the Notion of Dogs and Expatriots in Mexico

  • “Macamana aku geram pun kat minah tu tapi aku betul2 harap dia dapat menemui kebahagiaan.”

    kieli Diary Entry

  • “So sekarang ni aku tengah menunggu minah tu jemput aku nak makan.”

    kieli Diary Entry

  • “Chah la ... setahun tak jenguk S. Lupa daratan sungguh minah tu.”

    kieli Diary Entry

  • “The word translated pound here denotes the Hebrew minah, which was equal to about 15 dollars, or - L-3.”

    Barnes New Testament Notes

  • “The land is now cumbered with wild guava, which bears fruit as big as the lemon, and with the lantana, the seeds of which are scattered broadcast by an imported bird called the minah.”

    Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom

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