mina

plural minas

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of myna.

plural minas · plural minae

1. historicalA monetary unit of ancient Greece and the Middle East, originally equivalent to the weight of a mina of silver.First known use 15th C.

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   What then of the actual fine of thirty minae Socrates proposes? Thirty minae was a large sum, “the equivalent of approximately eight-and-one-half years′ wages," according to one recent estimate (Brickhouse and Smith 1988, 227); enough to buy a library of three thousand philosophy books, if the price of Anaxogoras′ book is any guide (26d6-e2).

   1989, C. D. C Reeve, Socrates in the Apology: An Essay on Plato′s Apology of Socrates, page 174

2. historicalA unit of weight of varying value used in the ancient Middle East, especially Babylonia, Mesopotamia and Egypt; also an ancient Greek measure of weight equivalent to 1/60th of a talent, approximately 400-700 grams.First known use 16th C.

   Thirty minas of lapis lazuli in a solid block, two minas each their rims, six kor of oil, the capacity of both.

   1999, Andrew George, transl., Gilgamesh, section VI

1. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California.
   2. A census-designated place in Mineral County, Nevada.
   3. A town in Chautauqua County, New York.
   4. An unincorporated community in Williams County, Ohio.
   5. An unincorporated community in Edmunds County, South Dakota.

alternative Meena · alternative Minah

1. A female given name.

1. A valley in Saudi Arabia, near Mecca