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People with the given name Minas

Menas of Ethiopia Menas ( gez, ሜናስ, mēnās) or Minas, throne name Admas Sagad I (Ge’ez: አድማስ ሰገድ, died 1563), was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1559 until his death in 1563, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was a brother of Gelawdewos ...

(died 1563) *

Saint Menas Menas of Egypt (also Mina, Minas, Mena, Meena; el, Άγιος Μηνάς, ; 285 – c. 309), a martyr and wonder-worker, is one of the most well-known Coptic saints in the East and the West, due to the many miracles that are attributed to his i ...

(Minas, 285–309) *

Minias of Florence Saint Minias (''Minas, Miniatus'') ( it, Miniato, hy, Մինաս) (3rd century) is venerated as the first Christian martyr of Florence. The church of San Miniato al Monte is dedicated to him. According to legend, he was an Armenian king or prince ...

(Minas, Miniato, died 250) *

Minas Alozidis Minás Alozídis (born 7 July 1984) is a Greek and Cypriot hurdler. He competes in the 200m and 400m hurdles events. Representing Greece, he finished 7th in the 400m hurdles final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. ...

(born 1984), Greek hurdler *

Minas Avetisyan Minas Avetisyan (, July 20, 1928 — February 24, 1975) was an Armenian painter. Biography Minas Avetisyan was born in the village of Jajur, Soviet Armenia. His mother, Sofo, was a daughter of the priest from Kars. His father, Karapet, was a ...

(1928–1975) *

Minas Hantzidis Minas Hantzidis ( el, Μηνάς Χατζίδης; born 4 July 1966) is a Greek former footballer. He played for Bayer Leverkusen, VfL Bochum, Olympiacos, Iraklis, Veria, Wuppertaler SV, SV Elversberg, Union Solingen, 1. FC Kleve, TSV 05 Ron ...

(born 1966), Greek footballer * Minas Hadjimichael (born 1956), Permanent Representative to the United Nations for Cyprus *

Minas Hatzisavvas Minas Hatzisavvas ( gr, Μηνάς Χατζησάββας; 28 January 1948 – 30 November 2015) was a Greek actor. He appeared in many films, television series and theatre plays with great success. He initially studied in France and later at the ...

(1948–2015), Greek actor *

Minas of Aksum Minas (or Menas) was an early bishop of Aksum, probably in the sixth century. According to traditional Ethiopian historiography, he was the second ''abun'' after Frumentius (Salama I) and took the name Salama II. The Ethiopian sources, however, pl ...

, 6th-century bishop

People with the surname Minas

* Iskouhi Minas (1884–1951), French poet and writer of Armenian descent.

Places

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literally ...

, Brazil *

Minas, Uruguay Minas () is the capital of the Lavalleja Department in Uruguay. As of the census of 2011, it is the twelfth-most populated city in the country. Location The city is located in the south of the department, on the intersection of Route 8 with Rou ...

Minas Department, Córdoba Minas Department is a department of Córdoba Province in Argentina. The provincial subdivision has a population of about 4,881 inhabitants in an area of 3,730 km², and its capital city is San Carlos Minas. Settlements * Ciénaga del Co ...

, Argentina *

Minas Department, Neuquén Minas is a department located in the north of Neuquén Province, Argentina. Geography

The Department shares borders with Chos Malal Department at the East, Ñorquín Department at the south and Chile at east and northeast. Departments of ...

, Argentina *

Minas, Cuba Minas is a municipality and town in the Camagüey Province of Cuba. Geography The municipality borders with Sierra de Cubitas, Camagüey, Sibanicú, Guáimaro and Nuevitas. Its territory includes the villages of Anguila, Fomento, Gurugú, Las Pie ...

, a municipality in Cuba *

Minas, Iran Minas ( fa, ميناس, also Romanized as Mīnās) is a village in Kenarporuzh Rural District, in the Central District of Salmas County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also call ...

, a village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran *

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in Nova Scotia *

Les Mines Les Mines was the name generally applied the Acadian settlements in the western Minas Basin in Nova Scotia. They included the villages of Grand-Pré, New Minas, Rivière-aux-Canards but usually excluded the villages at Pisiguit, Cobequid, and Bea ...

, a former Acadian community on the shores of the Minas Basin (called Minas or Mines in English)

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Mina (unit) The mina (also mĕnē, Aramaic; ) is an ancient Near Eastern unit of weight, which was divided into 60 shekels. The mina, like the shekel, was also a unit of currency. History The word mina comes from the ancient Semitic root / 'to count', Akkadi ...

, an ancient Near Eastern unit of weight, and hence, also unit of currency *

Minas (band) Minas is a Philadelphia-based bossa nova jazz band consisting of singer and guitarist Orlando Haddad and singer and pianist Patricia King. Haddad is noted for bringing Brazilian music and culture to the city of Philadelphia, PA when he and his wif ...

, an American bossa nova band *

Minas cheese Minas cheese ( or pt, queijo-de-minas, , literally "cheese from Minas") is a type of cheese that has been traditionally produced in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. It comes in three varieties, named (fresh), (half-aged) and (aged). A ...

Minas Tênis Clube Minas Tênis Clube (short, just ''Minas'') is a social, recreational and sports club from Belo Horizonte, Brazil. By 2013, it has more than 73,000 members. Its patrimony comprises two urban units, the Minas I and Minas II, and two country units, ...

, a social and sports club from Belo Horizonte, Brazil *

MINAS Minas or MINAS may refer to: People with the given name Minas * Menas of Ethiopia (died 1563) * Saint Menas (Minas, 285–309) * Minias of Florence (Minas, Miniato, died 250) * Minas Alozidis (born 1984), Greek hurdler * Minas Avetisyan (1928� ...

, a biochemistry database * Minas, a

Cablebús The Sistema de Transporte Público Cablebús, simply branded as Cablebús, is an aerial lift transport system that runs in the Gustavo A. Madero and Iztapalapa areas of Mexico City. It is operated by Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos, the agen ...

station in Mexico City

People with the given name Minas

People with the surname Minas

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