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Mina
- Mina is a city in Saudi Arabia in which 251 hajji pilgrims were killed in a stampede on February 1, 2004.
- A mina is also an ancient unit of weight defined as being 50 shekels. The mina, like the shekel, was also a unit of currency.
- Mina is a town in the USA.
- Mina is another name of the Gen language (a Ghana/Togo language of the Gbe dialect cluster). The language is also called Gẽ.
- Mina is a given name for females. In Japanese, it often means 'beautiful Nara (美奈)'.
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