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mina | shannon |

As a pronoun mina

is mine.

As a proper noun shannon is

the longest river in the british isles, which flows through ireland into the atlantic ocean.

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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    shannon

    English

    (wikipedia Shannon)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The longest river in the British Isles, which flows through Ireland into the Atlantic Ocean.
  • .
  • (chiefly, US) , from the surname or from the river.
  • * 1896 Report of the Commission to Locate the Site of the Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania , C.M.Busch, state printer, 1896, page 283
    • Captain Samuel Shannon' is frequently mentioned in the public records, and he had something more than a local reputation. He must have been very popular, as the name "' Shannon " as a Christian name is so common throughout the valley as to be noticeable.
  • derived from the river; first used in the USA in early 20th century, and only recently in Ireland.
  • * 2005 Andrew M. Greeley, Mary G. Durkin, The Book of Love , Macmillan, 2005, ISBN 0312878389, pages 193-194
    • Everything in my life is okay except I have this terrible problem with my sister Shannon'. I'm spelling her name the way most people would. She spells it Sionna ever since the priest told us that's the real Irish way to spell it. It's the name of a river and a goddess. Shanny doesn't think she's a river. She's really ' Shannon Marie.

    Derived terms

    * Shannon capacity * Shannon coding * Shannon encoding * Shannon entropy * Shannon limit * Shannon stopover