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Minae

mina \mi"na\, n.; pl. L. Min[ae], E. Minas. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] An ancient weight or denomination of money, of varying value. The Attic mina was valued at a hundred drachmas.

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minae

n. (en-irregular plural of: mina)

WordNet
mina

  1. n. tropical Asian starlings [syn: myna, mynah, minah, myna bird, mynah bird]

  2. [also: minae (pl)]

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Minae

Minae may refer to:

  • Mina (unit), ancient unit of mass

People:

  • Minae of Silla (died 839), Silla ruler

  • (born 1951), Japanese writer and literary critic

  • Minae Noji (born 1973), Japanese-American actress

Usage examples of "minae".

However, I think that I could afford a mina, and therefore I propose that penalty: Plato, Crito, Critobulus, and Apollodorus, my friends here, bid me say thirty minae, and they will be the sureties.