mina

Definitions

1. A number of places in the United States:
2. An unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California.
3. A female given name.
4. a valley near Mecca
5. Alternative spelling of myna.
   alt-of, alternative
6. A monetary unit of ancient Greece and the Middle East, originally equivalent to the weight of a mina of silver.
   historical
7. A census-designated place in Mineral County, Nevada.
8. 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.
   historical
9. A town in Chautauqua County, New York.
10. An unincorporated community in Williams County, Ohio.
11. An unincorporated community in Edmunds County, South Dakota.

Equivalents

Examples

“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).”

“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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