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mina
name 7noun 3
Collocations
3ADJ.
innocent, planned, walid
MINA + NOUN
20-hour, nuja, rima's, twenty-hour, walid's
PREP.
in, with
Definitions
noun
1
Alternative spelling of myna.
noun
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A monetary unit of ancient Greece and the Middle East, originally equivalent to the weight of a mina of silver.
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 library of three thousand philosophy books, if the price of Anaxogoras′ book is any guide (26d6-e2).
2
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, approximately 400-700 grams.
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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Synonyms
noun — tropical Asian starlings
- myna
- mynah
- minah
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
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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 (Brick
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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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Welcome to the family, Mina!
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Mina is presented as a possible victim.
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Sami stoned the devil in Mina.
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Skura and Mina planned to leave that day.
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