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Dinah

[ dahy-nuh ]

noun

  1. Also Douay Bible, Di·na []. (in the Bible) the daughter of Jacob and Leah.
  2. a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “vindicated.”


Dinah

/ ˈdaɪnə /

noun

  1. the daughter of Jacob and Leah (Genesis 30:21; 34)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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He started out in the jumping jazz clubs of the 1950s; mastered soul, swing and pop on recordings by Dinah Washington, Frank Sinatra and Lesley Gore; and reached the top 10 in his own right.

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Jones’ visibility escalated and, barely into his mid-20s, he was soon arranging and recording for Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Count Basie, Duke Ellington and, of course, Charles.

“In the midst of the joy, there are fears – we fear that for example where political parties are required to play a role, they may not necessarily do what they have to do,” Dinah Adiko, a technical consultant who previously worked with Ghana’s gender ministry, told the BBC.

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A UK-wide investigation later tied him to the killings of 15-year-old Vicky Hamilton and 16-year-old Dinah McNicol, who both disappeared in 1991.

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Tobin was serving three life sentences for the murders of Vicky Hamilton, Dinah McNicol and Angelika Kluk when he sustained a broken leg during a fall in his cell at HMP Edinburgh on 8 September 2022.

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