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minas

/ˈminəs/

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What does minas mean?

noun

  1. plural of mina - myna (bird)

proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. A male given name.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈminəs/

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Alcibiades had a dog which cost him seventy minas, and was a very large one, and very handsome.
PlutarchPlutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and RomansProject Gutenberg ebook #674
“Velut rupes, vastum quae prodit in aequor, Obvia ventorum furiis, expostaque ponto, Vim cunctam atque minas perfert coelique marisque; Ipsa immota manens.”
Michel de MontaigneEssays of Michel de Montaigne — CompleteTranslated by Charles CottonProject Gutenberg ebook #3600
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Beyond is the Basin of Minas, with its sedgy shore, its dreary flats; and beyond that projects a bold headland, standing perpendicular against the sky.
Charles Dudley WarnerThe Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #2671
Some of the rocky hills are partly covered by thickets, and on the banks of the larger streams, especially to the north of Las Minas, willow-trees are not uncommon.
Charles DarwinThe Voyage of the BeagleProject Gutenberg ebook #944
How much time did we not lose during five years' travels, in visiting, on the pressing invitations of our hosts, ravines, of which the pyritous strata have borne for ages the imposing names of 'Minas de oro!'
Alexander von Humboldt; Aimé BonplandPersonal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1Translated by Thomasina RossProject Gutenberg ebook #6322