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Mina may refer to:
- Mina, a folk word related with the extraction of mineral resources (mines)
- Mina (given name), a given name (and list of people and characters with that name)
- Mina (surname), a surname (and list of people with that name)
- Mina (unit), an ancient Near Eastern unit of weight and currency
Ports
Mina is Arabic for "port":
- Al-Mina, modern name of an ancient coast-settlement in Syria
- El Mina, Lebanon, the original site of the harbor of the Phoenician city of Tripoli
- Mina al-Ahmadi, a port of Kuwait in the Ahmadi Governorate
- Mina al Fahal, a port near Muscat Governorate, Oman
- Al Hamriya Port, a port locality in Dubai
- Shuwaikh Port, a seaport of Kuwait
- Port Sultan Qaboos, the largest port in Muscat Governorate, Oman
- Port Rashid, a manmade commercial port in Dubai
- Mina Seyahi, an area in the city of Dubai
- Port of Salalah, one of the deepest ports in Oman
- Zayed Port, a commercial city that serves the city and the emirates of Abu Dhabi
Places
- in Iran
- Minaq, East Azerbaijan, Iran
- Mina, Fars, Iran
- Mineh, Lorestan Province, Iran
- Mina, Razavi Khorasan, Iran
- Mehneh, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
- in the United States
- Elsewhere
- Elmina, Ghana, a modern town which grew around the first European settlement in sub-Saharan Africa
- Mina 3, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
- Mina, Burkina Faso, village in Balé Province, Burkina Faso
- Mina, Iloilo, a municipality in Iloilo, Philippines
- Mina, Nuevo León, a municipality in Nuevo León, Mexico
- Mina, Saudi Arabia
- Mina River (Indonesia)
- Abu Dhabi Vegetable Market, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Minas Gerais, one of the 26 states of Brazil
Languages and peoples
- Meena, a tribe and community in Rajasthan, India
- Hina language, a language of Cameroon
- Gen language or Mina, the language of the Mina people in the southern Togo
- Mina (Louisiana), a language community in Louisiana
People
- Francisco Espoz y Mina (1781–1836), a Spanish guerrilla leader and general
- Menes or Mina (fl. c. 3100 BC), legendary Egyptian ruler
- Minos, the legendary king of Minoan Crete
- Mina (singer) (born 1940), Italian singer
- Mina (German singer) (born 1993), German pop musician
- Mina (voice actress) (born 1984), Japanese voice actress
- Saint Menas or St. Mina (fl. 3rd century AD), Coptic religious martyr
- Shim Mina (born 1972), or Mina, Korean singer
Fictional characters
- Mina Harker, the protagonist, and heroine in Bram Stoker's horror novel Dracula
- Mina Harker, character in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
- Mina (Dragonlance), a herald of the One God in Dragonlance
- Mina, Michael's friend in Skellig
- Minako Aino or Mina, Sailor Venus in Sailor Moon
- Seong Mina, Korean woman character in the Soul series
- Mina Mongoose (later Mina Prower), a character from the Sonic the Hedgehog comics
MINA
- Montenegrin News Agency, Montenegrin national news agency
- MYC-induced nuclear antigen, protein that in humans is encoded by the MINA gene
Other uses
- Apache MINA, Apache Software Multipurpose Infrastructure for Network Application
- Mina (drum), a Venezuelan drum
- Mina (TV series), a Korean drama
See also
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