mina
noun
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
minas
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pluralof mina.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He also made weights corresponding with the coinage, sixty-three minas going to the talent; and the odd three minas were distributed among the staters and the other values.
From The Athenian Constitution by Sir Frederic G. (Frederic George) Kenyon
I am convinced that: the faithful Larissa converted her love into several minas.
From Best Russian Short Stories by Thomas Seltzer
Dromedaries are also named783 and seem to have been worth three minas apiece.
From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter) Johns
Either half a shekel of silver, or two minas of wool, send to me, for my service, let him bring it.
From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter) Johns
Hares started up in alarm and bounded away, grey partridges whirred up and yellow-beaked minas flew off chattering indignantly.
From The Jungle Girl by Gordon Casserly
