min

Noun
US[min]/mɪn/1 syllable
Synonyms: Min dialectFukienFukkianeseHokkianeseAmoyTaiwaneseAmoy languageFukkianese languageHokkianese languageTaiwanese languageFukien languageMin language

Open English WordNet

Noun (3)mins

  1. a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour“he ran a 4 minute mile”Synonyms: minuteType of time unit, unit of timePart of hour, hrParts second, sec
  2. any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien provinceSynonyms: Min dialectFukienFukkianeseHokkianeseAmoyTaiwaneseAmoy languageFukkianese languageHokkianese languageTaiwanese languageFukien languageMin languageType of Chinese
  3. an Egyptian god of procreationInstance of Egyptian deity
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Min prop. n.

1. a dialect of Chinese. Syn. — Min dialect, Fukkianese, Hokkianese, Amoy, Taiwanese.

2. an Egyptian god of procreation.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: WordNet 1.5

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