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Galician
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Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese menỹo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria) of uncertain origin. Cognate with Portuguese menina.
Pronunciation
Noun
meniña f (plural meniñas, masculine meniño, masculine plural meniños)
- girl (child)
- girl (young woman)
- Synonym: nena
1814, Antonio Benito Fandiño, (Please provide the book title or journal name):Tanto teño d’ir é vir
meniña ó teu lugar,
tanto teño d’ir é vir,
que d’unha te hey de levar.- So many times I must go and come,
girl, to your place,
so many time I must go and come,
that one time I'll carry you away.
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