(Al-) Minya may refer to:
Places and jurisdictions
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Minya Governorate
Minya Governorate ( ar, محافظة المنيا ') is one of the governorates of Upper Egypt. Its capital city, Minya, is located on the left bank of the Nile River.
Etymology
The name originates from the chief city of the governorate, origi ...
in Egypt
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Minya, Egypt, capital city of the Minya Governorate; Ancient Egyptian name Men'at Khufu, meaning the nursing city of Khufu
* The
Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Minya
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Khirbat al-Minya
Khirbat al-Minya ( ar, قصر المنية), also known as Ayn Minyat Hisham (Arabic) or Horvat Minnim (Hebrew) is an Umayyad-built palace in the eastern Galilee, Israel, located about west of the northern end of Lake Tiberias. It was erected as ...
, the remains of an Umayyad ''qasr'' (fortified palace) on the Sea of Galilee
Other
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Minya (Xena), a character from the TV series ''Xena: Warrior Princess''
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Minilla
is a kaiju who first appeared in Toho's 1967 film ''Son of Godzilla''. He is the adopted son of Godzilla, and is sometimes referenced as Minya in the American dubbed versions.
Overview
Introduced in ''Son of Godzilla'', Minilla was born on Soll ...
, the titular son of the film ''Son of Godzilla'', referred to as "Minya" in dubbed English versions
Similar names
;Places (Mina, Menea)
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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 ...
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El Mina, Mauritania
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El Golea
El Menia () is an oasis town and commune, and capital of El Ménia District, in Ghardaïa Province, Algeria. The former name is El Goléa (); together in Arabic, the two names mean ''Impregnable Castle''. According to the 2008 census it has a ...
(Arabic: القلعة) is an oasis town and commune in Ghardaïa Province, Algeria. The official name is "El Menea".
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* ''Netron Menya'', a Russian steam battleship; see the
list of Russian battleships
See also
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Minia (disambiguation)
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