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-ina

1
  1. a suffix used in the formation of nouns of various types, especially female proper names, musical instruments, compositions, etc.: Compare -in 2, -ine 2.

    Wilhelmina; sonatina.



-ina

2
  1. a suffix used in taxonomic names in biology:

    Euglenoidina; Nemertina.

Ina

3

[ ahy-nuh ]

noun

  1. a female given name.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of -ina1

< Latin -īna, feminine of -īnus

Origin of -ina2

< New Latin, neuter plural of Latin -īnus or Greek -inos; -in 1, -ine 1

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Example Sentences

The current energy and industrial boom, according to Siemens President Joe Kaeser, “is a once-in-a-lifetime moment.”

The one-in-a-million chance is exactly that—a small but real chance, as any lotto winner will tell you.

He adopted Steve Carlton's hand-in-a-bucket-of-sand exercises.

Not even a once-in-a-century crisis—or even three once-in-a-century crises in a single century—can alter that.

For people who love history, this is a once-in-a-lifetime, once-in-history resource.

He was a new breed, that parson, a genuwine no-two-alike, come-one-in-a-box kind.

What a change from his cat-in-a-strange-garret sensation of a year ago!

I always keep my conscience as tight shut up as a jack-in-a-box, for when it jumps into existence it surprises me by its size.

Her hair was of that sun-in-a-mist gold that eventually fades almost imperceptibly into gray—if left to itself.

Had a passel o' sleigh-bells they'd ring ever' onc't-in-a-while, and it sounded purty—shore!

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