Dinah
Americannoun
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Also Dina (in the Bible) the daughter of Jacob and Leah.
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a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “vindicated.”
noun
Example Sentences
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Following Joan’s death, Ken posed as a wealthy real-estate investor in Washington, D.C. and took up with the much-younger Dinah.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
“Leonardo DiCaprio owns the famed former Dinah Shore estate just across the street.”
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 5, 2026
Another Indigenous protester in Sydney, 23-year-old Reeyah Dinah Lotoanie, called for people to recognise that a genocide happened in Australia.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
Clementina Dinah Hitching was born in Southall, Middlesex on 28 October 1927.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2025
Dinah was making her way down the dusty path from the house, waddling along like one of our chickens.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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