minah

American  

[mee-nah] / ˈmi nɑ /

noun

Indian Architecture.

1. a memorial tower, as a stamba.

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Etymology

Origin of minah

< Hindi mīnār, apocopated variant of mīnāra; see minaret

Example Sentences

This was not difficult, for the waiters in the dining-room had been pointing him out to the guests as "Mr. Clement, the meyonaire minah."

From The Spirit of Sweetwater by Garland, Hamlin

The land is now cumbered with wild guava, which bears fruit as big as the lemon, and with the lantana, the seeds of which are scattered broadcast by an imported bird called the minah.

From Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom by White, Trumbull

Every magpie, minah, and wattle-bird within a mile joins in the clamour.

From The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned by Macfarlane, J.

The Indian minah, after becoming common, is said to be retreating before the English starling.

From The Long White Cloud by Reeves, William Pember

Now let us consider a little, dinky, old minah bird with one broken wing that cannot fly.

From On the Makaloa Mat by London, Jack