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Dinah

American  
[dahy-nuh] / ˈdaɪ nə /

noun

  1. Also Dina (in the Bible) the daughter of Jacob and Leah.

  2. a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “vindicated.”


Dinah British  
/ ˈdaɪnə /

noun

  1. the daughter of Jacob and Leah (Genesis 30:21; 34)

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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

Staff at the restaurant on Dinah Shore Drive in Palm Desert recognized him from an incident two days before and alerted deputies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2025

I was scared when I first saw Dinah move, but now I was curious.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce

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