Molina

See also: molina and moliná

English

Etymology

From Spanish and Italian, both from Latin Molina "of a mill", from mola "mill" + -ina. Compare Miller.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɵˈlinə/

Proper noun

Molina (countable and uncountable, plural Molinas)

  1. (countable) A surname from Spanish.
  2. Alonso de Molina's 1571 Spanish-Nahuatl dictionary, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana.
    • 1983, Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, page xv:
      But there are some simple, basic words that appear in Molina that are not attested in any of the sources for this dictionary.
    • 2001, James Lockhart, Nahuatl as Written, page 152:
      If you are going to continue your Nahuatl studies, you have no alternative to acquiring a copy of Molina.
  3. A city in Chile.

See also

Anagrams

Catalan

Proper noun

Molina f

  1. Molina

Ilocano

Etymology

From Spanish Molina, occupational surname. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos .

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Mo‧li‧na

Proper noun

Molina

  1. a common surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Molina, generally concentrated in Ilocos Sur

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moˈlina/ [moˈli.na]
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: Mo‧li‧na

Proper noun

Molina m or f by sense

  1. a surname
  2. Molina (a city in Chile)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Molina. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos .

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moˈlina/, [moˈli.nɐ]
  • Hyphenation: Mo‧li‧na

Proper noun

Molina (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎᜒᜈ)

  1. a surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Molina
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