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Menas of Ethiopia Menas () 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 and the son of Dawit II, ...

(died 1563) *

Saint Menas Menas of Egypt (also Mina, Minas, Mena, Meena; ; ; 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 intercession and prayers. ...

(Minas, 285–309) *

Minias of Florence Saint Minias (''Minas, Miniatus'') (, ) (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 serving in the Roman Army � ...

(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 Got ...

(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, Armenia. His mother, Sofo, was a daughter of the priest from Kars. His father, Karapet, was a smith f ...

(1928–1975) * Minas Hantzidis (born 1966), Greek footballer * Minas Hadjimichael (born 1956), Permanent Representative to the United Nations for Cyprus *

Minas Hatzisavvas Minas Hatzisavvas (; 28 January 1947 – 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 National Theatre of Greece Drama Sch ...

(1948–2015), Greek actor * Minas of Aksum, 6th-century bishop

People with the surname Minas

Iskouhi Minas Iskouhi Minas (; 2 October 1884 – 7 September 1951) also known as Iskuhi Minas, and Iskouhi Minasyan, was a French novelist and poet. Biography Iskouhi Minas was born on 2 October 1884, in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (present-day Istanbul, ...

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

Places

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil, being the fourth largest state by area and the second largest in number of inhabitants with a population of 20,539,989 according to the 2022 Brazilian census, 2022 census. Located in ...

, 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. Geography The city is located in the south of the department, on the intersection of Route 8 (Uruguay) ...

* Minas Department, Córdoba, 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, a village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran *

Minas Basin The Minas Basin () is an inlet of the Bay of Fundy and a sub-basin of the Fundy Basin located in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is known for its extremely high tides. Geography The Minas Basin forms the eastern part of the Bay of Fundy which splits ...

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 Be ...

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

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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 *

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

Minas (game contract) Schafkopf (, lit. 'sheep's head'), also called Bavarian Schafkopf, is a popular German trick-taking card game of the ace–ten family for four players that evolved, towards the end of the 19th century, from German Schafkopf. It is still very ...

, a contract in the card game of Schafkopf *

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 (192 ...

, 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, Mexico City, Gustavo A. Madero and Iztapalapa areas of Mexico City. It is operated by Servicio de T ...

station in Mexico City *

Minas Tirith Minas Tirith is the capital of Gondor in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel ''The Lord of the Rings''. It is a seven-walled fortress city built on the spur of a mountain, rising some 700 feet to a high terrace, housing the Citadel, at the seventh ...

, fictional city in ''Lord of the Rings''

Mina

Mina (unit) The mina (; ; ; ; ; ; ) is an ancient Near Eastern unit of weight for silver or gold, equivalent to approximately , which was divided into 60 shekels. The mina, like the shekel, eventually also became a unit of currency. History Sumerian Fro ...

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

Mina (Sikhism) The Mīnās (Gurmukhi: ਮੀਣਾ; ''mīṇā'') were a heretical Sects of Sikhism, sect of Sikhs that followed Prithi Chand (1558–April 1618), the eldest son of Guru Ram Das, after his younger brother Guru Arjan was selected by the Guru to s ...

, a sect of Sikhism

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People with the surname Minas

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