Molina

//mɵˈlinə// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Spanish. countable
  2. 2
    Alonso de Molina's 1571 Spanish-Nahuatl dictionary, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana. countable, uncountable

    "But there are some simple, basic words that appear in Molina that are not attested in any of the sources for this dictionary."

  3. 3
    A city in Chile. countable, uncountable

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"But there are some simple, basic words that appear in Molina that are not attested in any of the sources for this dictionary."

Etymology

From Spanish and Italian, both from Latin Molina "of a mill", from mola "mill" + -ina. Compare Miller.

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