mina
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of mina
1570–80; < Latin < Greek mnâ < Semitic; compare Hebrew māneh mina
Example Sentences
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Italian football expert Mina Rzouki, added: "You are not buying sporting excellence, you are buying a whole one-man economy."
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Speaking from a hospital room in the Mina camp, where authorities treat pilgrims for heat exhaustion, the health ministry's Jameel Abualenain said he was mainly concerned "about rising temperatures" affecting pilgrims.
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
In her run-down Victorian house, she produces a literary journal, Vista, and provides lodging to four tenants: Robbie, a struggling writer; Georgina, a flighty debutante; Mina, an ambitious cinema usherette; and Saul, a wartime refugee.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
We visited on a sunny day, and the wind blew hard as we traced Mina and Lucy’s steps through the tombs and along the path past the Abbey toward Robin Hood’s Bay.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
It was hard to see Mina touching a frog, let alone throwing it at someone’s face—no matter how scared she was to perform.
From "Hopping Mad (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #4)" by Franklin W. Dixon
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