Minas

Minas may refer to:

Places

• Minas Gerais, Brazil
• Minas, Uruguay
• Minas Department, Córdoba, Argentina
• Minas Department, Neuquén, Argentina
• Minas, Cuba, a municipality in Cuba
• Minas, Iran, a village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
• The Minas Basin in Nova Scotia
• Les Mines, a former Acadian community on the shores of the Minas Basin (called Minas or Mines in English)

Fictional places

Minas, in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth writings, is the Sindarin word for 'Tower'.

• Minas Tirith, "Tower of Guard", a fictional city and castle
• Minas Morgul, "Tower of Black Sorcery", a fictional fortified city

People

• Minas is a Greek given name
• Emperor Menas of Ethiopia
• Saint Menas (Minas)
• St. Minias of Florence (Minas, Miniato)
• Minas Alozidis, Greek hurdler
• Minas Avetisyan
• Minas Hantzidis, a Greek footballer
• Minas Hadjimichael, the Permanent Representative to the United Nations for Cyprus
• Minas (bishop)

Food

• Minas cheese (from Minas Gerais)

Other

• Mina (unit) is an ancient Near Eastern unit of weight, and hence, also unit of currency.
• Minas (band), a Philadelphia-based bossa nova band

See also

• All pages that start with 'Minas'