Min

From Egyptian

mnw (“established one”), passive participle of

mn (“establish”)

Min

1. An Ancient Egyptian god of fertility and procreation.

From Mandarin 閩／闽 (Mǐn, “Fujian”).

Min

1. A river in Fujian, China.
2. A group of related Chinese languages from Fujian, including Min Nan and Min Dong.
3. A widely construed ethnic group composed of the speakers of those languages.
4. Fujian province.
   • 1998, Sucheta Mazumdar, Sugar and Society in China: Peasants, Technology and the World Market, Harvard University Asia Center, page 301:

     […] . They were started by people from Min [Fujian]. Now as a result, the profit is similar to that of Min.”

   • 2007, 钟离图美, Food in China, 五洲传播出版社, pages 18–19:

     In the early 1900s, because of the joining of regional cuisines of Zhe (Zhejiang), Min (Fujian), Xiang (Hunan) and Hui (Anhui) Cuisines, […]

   • Angela Schottenhammer, The East Asian “Mediterranean”: A Medium of Flourishing Exchange Relations and Interaction in the East Asian World in 2013, Peter N. Miller, The Sea: Thalassography and Historiography, University of Michigan, page 114:

     […] ; merchant ships from Min province (Fujian) are called “bird ships” […]

From Mandarin 岷 (Mín).

Min

1. A river in Sichuan, China.

From Mandarin 敏 (Mǐn).

Min

1. A male given name
2. A female given name

Min

1. The Mountain Ok ethnic group of Sandaun, Papua New Guinea.

• INM, NMI, nim