Minas or MINAS may refer to:
People with the given name Minas
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Menas of Ethiopia (died 1563)
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Saint Menas (Minas, 285–309)
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Minias of Florence (Minas, Miniato, died 250)
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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
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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)
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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
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Minas Hadjimichael (born 1956), Permanent Representative to the United Nations for Cyprus
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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
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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
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Iskouhi Minas (1884–1951), French poet and writer of Armenian descent.
Places
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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
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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
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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
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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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Minas Basin
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in Nova Scotia
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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)
Other uses
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Mina (unit), an ancient Near Eastern unit of weight, and hence, also unit of currency
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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
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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 ...
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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
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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
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Mina (disambiguation)
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
* Min ...
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