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Minkin

Minkin proper noun: an extinct Minkinan Australian Aboriginal suffixing language of northern Australia, once spoken in the area around Burketown, on the southern coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria.

Proper noun (1)

Minkin

  1. An extinct Minkinan Australian Aboriginal suffixing language of northern Australia, once spoken in the area around Burketown, on the southern coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria.

Proper noun (2)

Minkin

  1. A surname.

Questions about Minkin

What does Minkin mean?
Minkin means an extinct Minkinan Australian Aboriginal suffixing language of northern Australia, once spoken in the area around Burketown, on the southern coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria.
What part of speech is Minkin?
Minkin is a proper noun.

Words near Minkin in the dictionary

  1. minkewhale
  2. minkewhales
  3. minkhound
  4. minkhounds
  5. Minkies
  6. Minkin
  7. Minkinan
  8. minkish
  9. minkishi
  10. minkisi
  11. Minkler

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