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minas
/ˈminəs/
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What does minas mean?
noun
- plural of mina - myna (bird)
proper noun
- A surname.
- 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.
“Velut rupes, vastum quae prodit in aequor, Obvia ventorum furiis, expostaque ponto, Vim cunctam atque minas perfert coelique marisque; Ipsa immota manens.”
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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.
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.
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!'