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Nina

 [nee-nyah]   Origin

ni·ña

   [nee-nyah]
noun, plural ni·ñas  [-nyahs] . Spanish.
girl; child.
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Ni·na

   [nee-nuh, nahy-]
noun
a female given name, Russian form of Anna.

Ni·ña

   [neen-yuh, nee-nuh; Sp. nee-nyah]
noun
one of the three ships under the command of Columbus when he made his first voyage of discovery to America in 1492.
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Nina
fem. proper name, in a Rus. context is aphetic of Annina, dim. of Gk. Anna, from Heb. Hannah, lit. "grace."
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