mna
mna is the alternative form of mina.
Meaning of mina
Noun
- 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
- 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
Noun capitalized: MNA
MNA (plural MNAs)
Forms of mna
| plural | mnas |
|---|---|
| plural | mnae |
| plural | mnai |
| plural | MNAs |
| alternative form | M.N.A. |
| alternative form | M. N. A. |
Origin of mna
Borrowed from Latin mna or Ancient Greek μνᾶ (mnâ).
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