Maina

See also: maina

English

Proper noun

Maina (plural Mainas)

  1. A surname.

Statistics
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Maina is the 23185th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1100 individuals. Maina is most common among Black/African American (77.73%) and White (15.73%) individuals.

Anagrams

Hausa

Etymology

From mainà (“prince”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mái.nà/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [méi.nə̀]

Proper noun

Mainà m

  1. a male given name

Kikuyu

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /maìnǎ/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2.

Proper noun

Maina

  1. name of one of the ruling generation-sets (mariika); the other is Mwangi.[1]

References
  1. “Maina” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 251. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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