MINA

Mina

Anna Maria Quaini or Mina Mazzini, OMRI, known as Mina, is one of the most successful Italian singers of all time. She was a staple of Italian television variety shows and a dominant figure in Italian pop music from the mid-1960s to mid-1970s, known for her three-octave vocal range, the agility of her soprano voice, and her image as an emancipated woman.

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mina

Noun

  1. The myna bird.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A monetary unit of ancient Greece and the Middle East, originally equivalent to the weight of a mina of silver.
  2. A unit of weight of varying value used in the ancient Middle East, especially Babylonia, Mesopotamia and Egypt; also an ancient Greek measure of weight equivalent to 1/60th of a talent.


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