Mina 570477 224367740 2008-07-08T15:23:49Z 162.138.184.71 /* Others */ {{wiktionarypar|Mina|mina|minä}} '''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. {{disambig}} [[id:Mina]] [[de:Mina]] [[fr:Mina]] [[nl:Mina]] [[tr:Mina]]