Mina may refer to:

Places

Iran

* Minaq, East Azerbaijan *

Mina, Fars Mina ( fa, مينا, also Romanized as Mīnā) is a village in Mahmeleh Rural District, Mahmeleh District, Khonj County, Fars Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country loc ...

Mineh Mineh ( fa, مينه, also Romanized as Mīneh; also known as Mīnā and Mīneh-ye Soflá) is a village in Shurab Rural District, Veysian District, Dowreh County, Lorestan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran ...

, Lorestan Province *

Mina, Razavi Khorasan Mina ( fa, مينا, also Romanized as Mīnā; also known as Mīnā Qal‘eh) is a village in Qara Bashlu Rural District, Chapeshlu District, Dargaz County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Ira ...

Mehneh Mehneh ( fa, مهنه, also Romanized as Mahneh; also known as Maina and Mīnā) is a village in and the capital of Mahvelat-e Jonubi Rural District, in the Central District of Mahvelat County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran Iran, ...

, Razavi Khorasan Province

United States

Mina, California Mina (Spanish for "Mine") is an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approx ...

Mina, Nevada Mina is a census-designated place in Mineral County in west-central Nevada, United States. It is located along U.S. Route 95 (38° 23' 25" N 118° 06' 30" W) at an elevation of . The 2010 population was 155. History Mina was founded as a railro ...

Mina, New York Mina is a town in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. The population was 1,004 at the 2020 census. It is at the western county border and state line. The town is best known as a summer resort area, centered on the hamlet of Findley Lake. ...

Mina, Ohio Mina is an unincorporated community in Williams County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. Mina had its start as a water stop A water stop or water station on a railroad is a place where steam trains stop to replenish water. The stopping of the train i ...

Mina, South Dakota Mina is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) in Edmunds County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota. The population of the CDP was 554 at the 2020 census. Demographics History A post office called Mina was established i ...

Ports

* Al-Mina, a modern name given to an ancient coast settlement in Syria *

El Mina, Lebanon El-Mina or El Mina (Arabic: الميناء / ALA-LC: ''al-Mīnā’'', which means "the harbour"), is a coastal independent town in Tripoli, Northern Lebanon. El-Mina occupies the location of the old Phoenician city of Tripoli. It acts as the ha ...

, the original site of the harbor of the Phoenician city of Tripoli

Elsewhere

Elmina Elmina, also known as Edina by the local Fante people, Fante, is a town and the capital of the Komenda/Edina/Eguafo/Abirem Municipal District, Komenda/Edina/Eguafo/Abirem District on the south coast of Ghana in the Central Region, Ghana, Centra ...

, Ghana, a modern town which grew around the first European settlement in sub-Saharan Africa *

Mina 3 Mina 3 is a village and municipality in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Santa Cruz Province in southern Argentina.Ministerio del I ...

, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina *

Mina, Burkina Faso Mina is a village in the Yaho Department of Balé Province in south-western Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Ma ...

, village in Balé Province, Burkina Faso *

Mina, Iloilo Mina, officially the Municipality of Mina ( hil, Banwa sang Mina, tgl, Bayan ng Mina), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 24,042 people. History Spanish colo ...

, a municipality in Iloilo, Philippines *

Mina, Nuevo León Mina is town and municipality located in the Northwestern part of the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León. The population was 4,309 at the 2005 census. Its name honors Spaniard insurgent general Francisco Javier Mina, who fought for the M ...

, a municipality in Nuevo León, Mexico * Mina, Saudi Arabia *

Mina River (Indonesia) The Mina River (''Noel Mina'') is a river of Timor, in the province of East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, about 2000 km east of the capital Jakarta. Above this river also stretches the Noelmina Bridge which connects Kupang with the South Cent ...

Abu Dhabi Vegetable Market The Abu Dhabi Vegetable Market (aka Al Mina Fruit & Vegetable Market or Souk) is the main vegetable market in central Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. As well as stalls selling fresh fruit and vegetables in general, the market also features a r ...

or Al Mina Fruit & Vegetable Market, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Languages

Hina language The Mina language, also known by the names Hina and Besleri, is a Chadic language spoken in Northern Cameroon by 10,000 people. Speakers of Mina are generally bilingual, with Fulfulde (Fula) being the second language. Fulfulde is often joined by ...

, 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

* 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 (Italian singer) (born 1940), Italian singer * ''Mena'', an alternate transliteration of Meena, a tribe in the Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh regions of India * Mina (German singer) (born 1993), German pop musician *

Mina (Japanese singer) , known mononymously as Mina (; ja, ミナ), is a Japanese singer and dancer based in South Korea. She is one of the three Japanese members of the South Korean girl group Twice, formed by JYP Entertainment in 2015. Early life Mina was born ...

(born 1997), member of South Korean girl group Twice * Mina (voice actress) (born 1984), Japanese voice actress * Kang Mi-na (born 1999), South Korean singer known sometimes as “Mina” *

Shim Mina Shim Mina (; born December 1, 1972), known simply as Mina (미나), is a South Korean singer and dancer. She rose to fame at the World Cup in 2002, eventually deciding to become a K-pop singer. On July 7, 2018, Mina married Ryu Philip, a mem ...

, South Korean singer performing as "Mina"

Fictional characters

* Mina (''Dragonlance''), a herald of the One God in ''Dragonlance'' * Mina, a Trial Captain in ''

Pokémon Sun and Moon and are 2016 role-playing video games developed by Game Freak and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. They are the first installments in the seventh generation of the ''Pokémon'' video game series. First ...

'' and ''

Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon and are 2017 role-playing video games developed by Game Freak and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. Part of the seventh generation of the ''Pokémon'' video game series, the games are enhanced versions o ...

'' * Mina in '' Karakai Jozu no Takagi-san''

Music

* ''Mina'' (1964 album) * ''Mina'' (1971 album) * ''Mina'' (1974 album) *

Mina (drum) The Mina drum (''Tambor Mina'') is the largest of the drums that have origins in the Barlovento, Miranda region of Venezuela. They are used during the celebrations of St. John the Baptist and the Midsummer. It is a specialized form of the Cumaco d ...

, a Venezuelan drum

MINA

* Montenegrin News Agency, Montenegrin national news agency *

MINA (gene) Ribosomal oxygenase 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''RIOX2'' gene In biology, the word gene (from , ; "...Wilhelm Johannsen coined the word gene to describe the Mendelian units of heredity..." meaning ''generation'' or ''b ...

, a gene which encodes RIOX2, formerly known as MYC-induced nuclear antigen *

Apache MINA Apache MINA (Multipurpose Infrastructure for Network Applications) is an open source Java network application framework. MINA can be used to create scalable, high performance network applications. MINA provides unified APIs for various transpor ...

, Apache Software Multipurpose Infrastructure for Network Application

Other uses

Mīna Mīna, or Meena, is a month in the Indian solar calendar. It corresponds to the zodiacal sign of Pisces, and overlaps with about the later half of March and about the early half of April in the Gregorian calendar. First day of the Meena month, cal ...

, a month in the Hindu calendar * Mina, a month in the

Darian calendar The Darian calendar is a proposed system of timekeeping designed to serve the needs of any possible future human settlers on the planet Mars. It was created by aerospace engineer, political scientist, and space jurist Thomas Gangale in 1985 and ...

* Mina (unit), an ancient Near Eastern unit of weight and currency * ''Mina'' (TV series), a Korean drama *

Mina (Mexico City Metrobús) Mina may refer to: Places Iran * Minaq, East Azerbaijan * Mina, Fars * Mineh, Lorestan Province * Mina, Razavi Khorasan * Mehneh, Razavi Khorasan Province United States * Mina, California * Mina, Nevada * Mina, New York * Mina, Ohio * Mina, ...

, a BRT station in Mexico City