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Nina   /nˈinə/   Listen
Nina

noun
1.
The Babylonian goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.



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"Nina" Quotes from Famous Books



... letter, and hired a courier to deliver it; that done, he sailed south along Portugal for Palos, probably passing the mouth of the Tagus only a few hours after Columbus, bound for the same port, had turned out into the Atlantic. Martin Pinzon may thank his luck that the Nina started home before him. Imagine his utter shame and confusion had he been the first to enter Palos with ...
— Christopher Columbus • Mildred Stapley
... Columbus; over his glittering steel armour he wore a rich cloak of scarlet, and in his hand he bore the Royal Standard of Spain. Then, each at the head of his own ship's crew, came the captains of the Pinta and the Nina, each carrying in his hand a white banner with a green cross and the crowned initials of the King and Queen, which was the special banner devised for the great adventure. Every man was dressed in his best, and the gay-coloured ...
— This Country Of Ours • H. E. Marshall Author: Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall


Words linked to "Nina" :   Babylon, Semitic deity


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