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kina

kina noun: the national currency of Papua New Guinea, divided into 100 toea.

Noun (1)

kina (plural kinas or kina)

  1. The national currency of Papua New Guinea, divided into 100 toea.

Noun (2)

kina (plural kinas)

  1. Any member of the species Evechinus chloroticus of sea urchins endemic to New Zealand.
    • To those used to one standard, this book may offer a taste passing strange, like the original mouthful of kina roe. Persist. Kina can become a favourite food.1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Preface

Forms of kina

pluralkinas
pluralkina

Origin of kina

From Tolai kina (“oyster or clamshell”).

From Māori kina.

Questions about kina

What does kina mean?
Kina means the national currency of Papua New Guinea, divided into 100 toea.
What part of speech is kina?
Kina is a noun.
What is the plural of kina?
The plural of kina is kinas.

Words near kina in the dictionary

  1. kin-keepers
  2. Kin-sha
  3. Kin-sha Kiang
  4. Kin-sha-kiang
  5. Kin-tcheou
  6. kina
  7. Kinabalu
  8. Kinabatangan
  9. kinaestheses
  10. kinaesthesia
  11. kinaesthesias

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