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'''Mina''' can refer to:
==University Research==
* [[MiNa, the Microsystems and Nanotechnology Research Group]] at The [[University of British Columbia]]
==Places named Mina==
* Mina, Gabon
* Mina, Greece
* [[Mina, Iloilo]], in the Philippines.
* [[Mina, Saudi Arabia]]
* [[Mina seyahi]], Jumeirah, Dubai
* [[Mina, New York]], in the United States.
* Mina, Milton, in the Ontario.
* [[Mina, Nevada]], in the United States.
==Others==
* [[Mina (unit)]], ancient unit of weight defined as being 50 [[shekel]]s.
* [[Saint Menas]], a [[Coptic Saints|Coptic Saint]] of the 3rd Century AD. The name "Mina" (or Mena/Meena) is a common [[Coptic]] male name in [[Egypt]], named after the saint.
* [[Menes]], a [[pharaoh]] known for uniting Upper and Lower Egypt into one kingdom. He is also known as King Narmar.
* [[Gregor Mina]], a Scottish marketer, currently with Belhaven Brewery.
* [[Mina (singer)]], stage name of Mina Anna Mazzini, an Italian female singer from the late 1950s to date.
* [[Jasmina Kostić Mina]], popular folk singer from Serbia.
* [[Shim Mina]], a Korean singer also known as the "World Cup Girl".
* [[Denise Mina]], a Scottish crime writer
* [[Mina (drama)]], Korean drama.
* [[Seong Mi-na]], fictional character from the "Soul" series of fighting video games, such as SoulCalibur.
* [[Mina (Dragonlance)]], herald of the One God in the Dragonlance setting.
* [[Mina Harker]], a key character in Bram Stoker's novel Dracula.
* [[Mina Tsukishiro]], the main character in [[Getsumento Heiki Mina]] a spin of series that was began as a fictitious anime in [[Densha Otoko (drama)|Densha Otoko]]
* [[Mina Mongoose]], a female Mongoose from the Sonic the Hedgehog Series.
* "Mina" was the name given to [[Minako Aino]] ([[Sailor Venus]]) in the English dub of the anime ''[[Sailor Moon]]''.
* [[Mina (language)]] is a language close to the [[Gen language]] and the vehicular language of [[Lomé]].
* "Mina", a Native people and initial rulers of the [[Dhundhar]] region in [[Rajasthan]], [[India]].
* [http://mina.apache.org/index.html ''MINA'' or Multipurpose Infrastructure for Network Applications], a Java framework for creating high-performance networking applications.
* The ''Tambor Mina'' [[Mina (drum)|(Mina drum)]] is a large drum made out of a hollowed-out tree trunk in [[Venezuela]].
* [[Mina Karadžić]] is the name of a Serbian 19th century poet.
* [[Mina (magazine)]], a Japanese fashion magazine
* [[MiNa (music group)]], a music group formed by [[Luk Zimmermann]] and [[Jaël|Jaël Krebs]], former members of [[Lunik]]
* [[Mina Majikina]], a character in the [[Samurai Shodown series]].
===Meanings===
* "Mina", given name for males. In Arabic, etymologically it comes from the word "Amen" in Coptic language.
* "Mina", given name for males in Egypt. It is the name of the first pharaoh in Egypt, also called [[Menes]]
* "Mina", is a given name for females in Japanese.
* "Mina", means "everyone; all" in the Japanese language.
* "Mina", means "to laugh; smile" in the [[Ainu language]].
* "Mína", is a shortened version of Spanish female given name "Guillermina".
* "Mina", given name for females in Korean; the meaning of the name can vary depending on used ''[[hanja]]''.
* "Mina", given name for females. In Persian, it means azure and daisy flower.
* "Mina", given name for females in Nepal and India.
* "Mina", given name for females in Greek.
* "Mina", given name for females in Turkish; the meaning of the name is sky.
* "Mina", means "I" in the Estonian language.
* "Mina", means "precious" in the Nepalese language
* "Mina", means "love" in Pashto (an Afghan language)
* "Mina", is slang for "chick" or "gal" in Argentina.
* "Mina", means "love" in Old German (another way of spelling is "Minna")
* "Mina", is a shortened version of German female given name "Wilhelmina".
* "Mina", means "precious stone" in Hindi.
* "Mina", family name in Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Jordan (although wrongly used, particularly by Muslims and non-Copts)
* "Mina", means "sea port" in Arabic language
* "Mina", as in a "mine shaft" in Portuguese
* "Mina", means "(land-) mine" in Serbian.
* "Mina", means fish in Hindi.
* "Mina", means explosive mine in Italian, Swedish, Czech, and Russian ["мина"].
* "Mina", means 'facial expression' in Polish.
==See also==
* [[Myna]], a type of bird.
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