Maina

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English

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Proper noun

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Maina (plural Mainas)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

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  • 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

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Hausa

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Etymology

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From mainà (prince).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Mainà m

  1. a male given name

Kikuyu

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Pronunciation

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As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2.

Proper noun

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Maina

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

References

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