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

• Molina on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Maolin, aminol, lamino-, monial, nomial, -nomial, oilman

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)

Related terms

• molinense
• molineño

 

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /moˈlina/ [moˈliː.n̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: Mo‧li‧na

Proper noun

Molina (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎᜒᜈ)

1. a surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Molina

Anagrams

• minola