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jinne

British  
/ ˈjiːrə, ˈjiːnə /

interjection

  1. an exclamation expressive of surprise, admiration, shock, etc

"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

Etymology

Origin of jinne

from Afrikaans

Example Sentences

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Alice's head teacher Jinne Payne, from Churchtown Primary School, described the nine-year-old as "joy embodied".

From BBC

BioNTech had provided Pfizer with the blueprints for its lab-size mixing system, said Jinne Adisoejoso, a Pfizer drug manufacturing specialist from Belgium who traveled to help the Michigan team in January.

From Washington Post

I will not again attempt a history of the disputed word which Barbot derives from Ginahoa, the first negro region visited by the Portuguese; others from Ghana, the modern Kano; from the Jenneh or Jinne of Mungo Park; from Jenna, a coast-town once of note, governed by an officer under the 'King' of Gambia-land, and, in fine, from the Italian Genoa.

From Project Gutenberg