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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Mineral County, Nevada.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Chautauqua County, New York.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Williams County, Ohio.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Edmunds County, South Dakota.
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name
A female given name.
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name
a valley near Mecca
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noun
Alternative spelling of myna.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
A monetary unit of ancient Greece and the Middle East, originally equivalent to the weight of a mina of silver.
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noun
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.
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noun
tropical Asian starlings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: myna, mynah, minah, myna bird, mynah bird
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Broader terms: starling
Narrower terms: crested myna, Acridotheres tristis, hill myna, Indian grackle, grackle, Gracula religiosa
History
Borrowed from Arabic مِينَا (mīnā) and Sanskrit मीना (mīnā).
Borrowed from Arabic مِنَى (minā).
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.
Across languages
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