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niña

1 American  
[nee-nyah] / ˈni nyɑ /

noun

Spanish.

plural

niñas
  1. girl; child.


Nina 2 American  
[nee-nuh, nahy-] / ˈni nə, ˈnaɪ- /

noun

  1. a female given name, Russian form of Anna.


Niña 3 American  
[neen-yuh, nee-nuh, nee-nyah] / ˈnin yə, ˈni nə, ˈni nyɑ /

noun

  1. one of the three ships under the command of Columbus when he made his first voyage of discovery to America in 1492.


Niña British  
/ ˈniːnə, ˈniɲa /

noun

  1. one of the three ships commanded by Columbus in 1492

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Nina, a young woman in her 30s from Tabriz, is also hoping the strikes will bring people back onto the streets.

From Barron's

While Murrin is fighting her case, many people left in a jam by their tax preparer just pay the IRS and try to get on with their life, said Nina Olson, the former IRS national taxpayer advocate.

From MarketWatch

She would absorb every cadence of the African American folk genre, transfixed by the bewitching vocals of 1920s blues icons like Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey, as well as luminous jazz ballads by  Ella Fitzgerald,  Billie Holiday and Nina Simone.

From Los Angeles Times

Nina Yoshida Nelsen, an Asian mezzo-soprano who is now the artistic director of the Boston Lyric Opera, summed up her personal approach toward such matters.

From The Wall Street Journal

Her case led journalist Nina Funnell to launch a Let Her Speak campaign that resulted in Tame being given a Supreme Court exemption, and eventually in the law being changed.

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