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Min

//mɪn// adj, name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Less; smaller; lower. Scotland, UK, dialectal, obsolete

    "The more and the minne"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An Ancient Egyptian god of fertility and procreation.
  2. 2
    A river in Fujian, China.

    "The Lamyet (or Nanjeih) islands are situated to the northeastward of Chinchew bay, the nearest distant about forty miles. The mainland, leaving its usual northeastern direction, runs out due east for above thirty miles, and the first of the Lamyet islands lies off the easternmost point of it. From hence there is an almost uninterrupted series of islands and islets, up to the mouth of the Yangtsze keäng. The Lamyet islands are opposite to the entrance of a deep bay, at the bottom of which is the city of Hinghwa foo, the capital of the most fertile portion of Fuhkeën. This bay, however, has not yet been visited by foreigners. The outermost of the Lamyet islands, named by Ross Ocksou, was found, when passed by the ships of Lord Amherst’s embassy, to be in lat .24° 59' 15" north, lon. 119° 34' 30" east. About thirty miles further to the northward, we pass between an island of peculiar form and the main. This island is named Haetan, the altar of the sea ; in shape it is semicircular, and of nearly equal breadth throughout. A few miles above this island we reach the mouth of the river Min."

  3. 3
    A river in Sichuan, China.
  4. 4
    A male given name.
  5. 5
    The Mountain Ok ethnic group of Sandaun, Papua New Guinea.
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  1. 6
    Alternative form of Ming. alt-of, alternative, obsolete

    "Long before the Conqueſt of China by the Tartars in their laſt invaſion, and the depoſing of the Emperour of China, (viz. when the Soveraignty of the Kingdom was in the Family of Ciu) China was called by the Chineſes Min, which ſignifies Perſpicuty, or Brightneſs. Afterwards they added to the word Min the ſyllable Ta, and called it then Tamin, or (as ſome write) Taming, which ſignifies The Kingdom of great Brightneſs. For above 300 years this Kingdom bore the name of Tai-juen, and at this time it is called by the Tartars, who poſſeſs this Kingdom under the Great Cham, Taicing."

  2. 7
    Abbreviation of Mississippi: a state of the United States. abbreviation, alt-of
  3. 8
    A group of related Chinese languages from Fujian, including Hokkien and Eastern Min.
  4. 9
    A female given name.
  5. 10
    Abbreviation of Minneapolis: a city in Minnesota, United States. abbreviation, alt-of
  6. 11
    A widely construed ethnic group composed of the speakers of those languages.
  7. 12
    Fujian province.

    "[…]. They were started by people from Min [Fujian]. Now as a result, the profit is similar to that of Min.”"

Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of minute. abbreviation, alt-of
  2. 2
    Memory; remembrance. obsolete

    "[…] and faith I've done that same and found me min; […]"

  3. 3
    Abbreviation of minimum. abbreviation, alt-of
  4. 4
    any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province wordnet
  5. 5
    Clipping of minute. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial

    "Dinner's ready, darling! – Be there in a min!"

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  1. 6
    Clipping of minimum. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial

    "He's gotta be at least 60, min!"

  2. 7
    a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    to bring to the mind of; remind obsolete, transitive
  2. 2
    to remember obsolete, transitive
  3. 3
    to mention obsolete, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English min, from Old English min (“less; small, mean”), from Proto-Germanic *minniz (“less”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”). Cognate with Scots min (“less, lesser”), West Frisian min (“small, bad”), Dutch min (“less, small”), Low German minn (“small, low, lean”), German minder (“less”), Icelandic minna (“less”), Latin minus (“less”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English min, minne, partly from Old English myne (“mind, intent, desire, love”), from Proto-West Germanic *muni, from Proto-Germanic *muniz (“mind, memory”); and also from Old Norse minni (“memory”), from Proto-Germanic *gaminþiją (“memory, remembrance”); both from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Related to Icelandic minni (“memory”), German Minne (“love”).

Etymology 3

From Middle English minnen, mynnen, from Old Norse minna (“to bring to mind”), from minni (“memory”). See above.

Etymology 4

From Egyptian R22:R12-C8 mnw.

Etymology 5

From Mandarin 閩／闽 (Mǐn, “Fujian”).

Etymology 6

From Mandarin 岷 (Mín).

Etymology 7

From Mandarin 敏 (Mǐn).

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