name · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈmaɪnə(ɹ)/
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rhymes with -aɪnə(ɹ)
homophone: minor
homophone: myna (non-rhotic)
CMU ARPABET:M AY1 N ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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name
Meaning 2
A minor city in Mississippi County and Scott County, Missouri, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A person who works in a mine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Near-synonyms: mineworker; mineowner
The group of miners were stuck underground after a shaft caved in.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mineworker, mineowner
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
An operator of ordnance mines and similar explosives.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
Any bird of one of several species of South American ovenbirds in the genus Geositta.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 6
Software or hardware that mines, or creates new units of cryptocurrency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract