Miño

[ mee-nyaw ]

/ ˈmi nyɔ /

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noun

Spanish name for Minho.

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Words nearby Miño

Minnewit, Minni, minnie, minnow, minny, Miño, Minoan, minocycline, Minogue, minor, minor arcana

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How to use Miño in a sentence

Girolamo Viscardo made for him a tabernacle (for the choirs procession path), after the style of Mino da Fiesole.
How France Built Her Cathedrals|Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
The figures in our illustration form a part of a marble altar-piece by Mino da Fiesole.
Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century|Estelle M. Hurll
On the era of Mino also much has been written without sufficient authority.
The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. 1 (of 6)|Luigi Antonio Lanzi
The closest imitators of the human voice are birds of this family: for instance, the Mino bird.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 1, Issue 2, December, 1857|Various

The faade was begun in 1317, modified in 1382 from the design of Giacomo di Mino del Pellicciaio, but left unfinished.
The Story of Siena and San Gimignano|Edmund G. Gardner

British Dictionary definitions for Miño

Miño

/ (Spanish ˈmiɲo) /

noun

a river in SW Europe, rising in NW Spain and flowing southwest (as part of the border between Spain and Portugal) to the Atlantic. Length: 338 km (210 miles)Portuguese name: Minho

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