Molina

M3O1L1I1N1A1
/mɵˈlinə/

proper noun

A surname from Spanish.

Less commonScrabble 8

Meanings

proper nounMolina (countable and uncountable, plural Molinas)

plural Molinas

  1. countableA surname from Spanish.
  2. countableuncountableAlonso de Molina's 1571 Spanish-Nahuatl dictionary, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana.

    If you are going to continue your Nahuatl studies, you have no alternative to acquiring a copy of Molina.

    2001, James Lockhart, Nahuatl as Written, page 152
    1 more example

    But there are some simple, basic words that appear in Molina that are not attested in any of the sources for this dictionary.

    1983, Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, page xv
  3. countableuncountableA city in Chile.

Origin

From Spanish and Italian, both from Latin Molina "of a mill", from mola "mill" + -ina. Compare Miller.

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APA

Molina. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Molina

MLA

“Molina.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Molina. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Molina,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Molina.

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