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English
Proper noun
Maina (plural Mainas)
- 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
Proper noun
Mainà m
- a male given name
Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2.
Proper noun
Maina
- name of one of the ruling generation-sets (mariika); the other is Mwangi.
References
- ^ “Maina” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 251. Oxford: Clarendon Press.