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mina | mari |

As a noun mina

is the myna bird.

As a proper noun Mari is

an ancient Sumerian and Amorite city, modern-day Tell Hariri, Syria.

mina

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) maina'' "starling", from (etyl) ''madana .

Noun

(en noun)
  • The myna bird.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) mina, from (etyl)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (historical) A monetary unit of ancient Greece and the Middle East, originally equivalent to the weight of a mina of silver.
  • * 1989 , C. D. C Reeve, Socrates in the Apology: An Essay on Plato?s Apology of Socrates , page 174,
    • What then of the actual fine of thirty minae' Socrates proposes? Thirty ' minae was a large sum, “the equivalent of approximately eight-and-one-half years? wages," according to one recent estimate (Brickhouse and Smith 1988, 227); enough to buy a libary of three thousand philosophy books, if the price of Anaxogoras? book is any guide (26d6-e2).
  • (historical) A unit of weight of varying value used in the ancient Middle East, especially Babylonia, Mesopotamia and Egypt; also an ancient Greek measure of weight equivalent to 1/60th of a talent.
  • * 1999 , Andrew George, translating Gilgamesh , VI:
    • Thirty minas' of lapis lazuli in a solid block, two ' minas each their rims, six kor of oil, the capacity of both.

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    mari

    English

    Etymology 1

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • An ancient Sumerian and Amorite city, modern-day Tell Hariri, Syria.
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    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Proper noun

    (wikipedia Mari) (en proper noun)
  • A Volga-Finnic people in the Volga region.
  • A Finno-Ugric language spoken by the Mari people.
  • Meadow Mari, Eastern Mari

    • Usage notes

    There are two written varieties of Mari, one called Meadow Mari or Eastern Mari, and the other Hill Mari or Western Mari. The speakers of the former outnumber those of the latter by 10 to 1 or more, depending on which source one believes. The English Wiktionary uses the code chm'' (which ISO 639-3 assigned to the Mari macrolanguage) for Eastern Mari and the code ''mrj for Western Mari.
    Synonyms
    * (language) Cheremis (dated) * (people) Cheremis (dated)
    Meronyms
    * (Uralic language spoken by the Mari) *: *:
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