What is "minna"

Minna is a city (estimated population 304,113 in 2007) in west central Nigeria. It is the capital of Niger State, one of Nigeria's 36 federal states, It consists of 2 major ethnic groups which are called the Nupe and Gwari's.

Minna is a city in west central Nigeria.

Minna may also refer to:

People:

• Minna Aaltonen (born 1966), Finnish actress
• Minna Canth (1844–1897), Finnish writer and social activist
• Minna Citron (1896–1991), American painter and printmaker
• Minna Herzlieb (1789–1865), German publisher
• Minna Lachs (1907–1993), Austrian educator and memoirist
• Minna Mäki-Kala, 1995 winner of the Miss Globe International beauty pageant
• Minna Planer (1809–1866), German actress and first wife of Richard Wagner
• Minna Salmela (born 1971), Finnish freestyle sprint swimmer
• Maria Minna (born 1948), Canadian politician

Other:

• Minna von Barnhelm, a lustspiel by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
• Minna Bluff, a rocky promontory in Antarctica
• Minna Airport, Nigeria

• , a Swedish cargo ship in service 1922-39

• Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke, a character in the anime Strike Witches

Minna is female given name. It originates from Hebrew child of earth. In Yiddish Minna translates as peaceful. In Germany Minna is a nickname of Wilhelmina or Hermina. It is also a Finnish short form of Vilhelmina. The similar form of Wilma and Willa.