Mina

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Mina can refer to:

Contents 1 University Research 2 Places named Mina 3 Others 3.1 Meanings 4 See also

[edit] University Research

• MiNa, the Microsystems and Nanotechnology Research Group at The University of British Columbia

[edit] 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.

[edit] Others

• Mina (unit), ancient unit of weight defined as being 50 shekels.
• 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.
• Saint Menas, Egyptian Saint of the 3rd Century AD. Saint Minas is a Coptic (Egyptian) Orthodox Saint.
• Menes, a pharaoh known for uniting Upper and Lower Egypt into one kingdom. He is also known as King Narmar.
• 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
• 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.
• MINA or Multipurpose Infrastructure for Network Applications, a Java framework for creating high-performance networking applications.
• The Tambor Mina (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 Krebs, former members of Lunik
• Mina Majikina, a character in the Samurai Shodown series.

[edit] 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.

[edit] See also

• Myna, a type of bird.