Dinah

[ dahy-nuh ]

/ ˈdaɪ nə /

noun

Also Douay Bible, Di·na. the daughter of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 30:21.

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

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Example sentences from the Web for dinah

At first everyone was apprehensive about it, but I said to her, “You sound like you were influenced by Dinah Washington.”
Tony Bennett’s Winehouse Duet|Jacob Bernstein|September 20, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Who and what is fresh in the new edition edited by Dinah Birch?
The Best of Brit Lit|Peter Stothard|October 30, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Dinah and Brian (pointing roguishly and with satisfaction at Olivia).
Mr. Pim Passes By|Alan Alexander Milne
He has also told his sister that when Dinah dies he shall not marry again.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851.|Various

Give them to me, Dinah, I will strike a light while you attend to your mistress.
A Roving Commission|G. A. Henty
She looked up and saw her father and old Dinah waiting to greet her.
Little Golden's Daughter|Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller
"I will not urge you against the voice of your own heart," said Dinah.
Adam Bede|George Eliot

British Dictionary definitions for dinah

Dinah

/ (ˈdaɪnə) /

noun

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

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