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mina

/ˈmiːnə/

mina is the alternative spelling of myna.

Noun

mina (plural minas or minae)

  1. (historical) 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...1989, C. D. C Reeve, Socrates in the Apology: An Essay on Plato′s Apology of Socrates, page 174
  2. (historical) 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.1999, Andrew George, transl., Gilgamesh, section VI

Meaning of myna

Noun

myna (plural mynas)

  1. One of the South and East Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Mina

Mina

  1. An unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California.
  2. A census-designated place in Mineral County, Nevada.
  3. A town in Chautauqua County, New York.
  4. An unincorporated community in Williams County, Ohio.
  5. An unincorporated community in Edmunds County, South Dakota.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Mina

Mina

  1. A female given name.

Proper noun (3) capitalized: Mina

Mina

  1. A valley in Saudi Arabia, near Mecca

Forms of mina

Noun
pluralminas
pluralminae
Proper noun
alternative formMeena
alternative formMinah

Origin of mina

Borrowed from Hindi मैना (mainā)/Urdu مینا (mainā), from Sanskrit मदन (madana).

Borrowed from Latin mina, from Ancient Greek μνᾶ (mnâ, “mna”). Compare maneh, from Biblical Hebrew מָנֶה (māne), as well as maund.

Borrowed from Arabic مِينَا (mīnā) and Sanskrit मीना (mīnā).

Phrases with mina

Words that rhyme with mina

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Questions about mina

What does mina mean?
Mina means a monetary unit of ancient Greece and the Middle East, originally equivalent to the weight of a mina of silver.
What is mina the alternative spelling of?
Mina is the alternative spelling of myna.
What part of speech is mina?
Mina can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce mina?
Mina is pronounced /ˈmiːnə/.
What is the plural of mina?
The plural of mina is minas.

Words near mina in the dictionary

  1. min-max
  2. min-maxed
  3. min-maxes
  4. min-maxing
  5. min.
  6. mina
  7. Minab
  8. minability
  9. minable
  10. minac
  11. minaceous

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mina (page history and authors); Mina (page history and authors); myna (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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