Minch Definition

mĭnch
noun

(obsolete) A nun.

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Origin of Minch

  • From Middle English mynche, a reduced form of minchen, monchen, from Old English myneÄ‹en (“a female monk, nun"), from Proto-Germanic *munikinnō (“female monk"), from *munikaz (“monk"), from Late Latin monachus (“monk"), from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monachós, “hermit", noun), from μοναχός (monachós, “single, solitary", adjective), from μόνος (mónos, “alone"), from Proto-Indo-European *men-, *menw-, *manw- (“small, little, isolated"). Cognate with German Mönchin (“female monk"). Related also to minnow. More at monk.

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Minch Sentence Examples

  • On the contrary, the North Sea, the British fringing seas (English Channel, Irish Sea and Minch), and the Gulf of St Lawrence cross the main lines of dislocation.

  • They have been broadly classified into the Outer Hebrides and the Inner Hebrides, the Minch and Little Minch dividing the one group from the other.

  • There is no natural harbour, but traces of ruins near the shore mark the site of the old Maiuma Gazae or Port of Gaza, now called el Minch, which in the 5th century was a separate town and episcopal see, under the title Constantia or Limena Gaza.

  • The Inner Hebrides form a much less definite group. They may be regarded as beginning with the Shiant Isles in the Minch and stretching to the southern headlands of Islay, and their irregularity has no doubt been chiefly brought about by the remarkable diversity of geological structure.

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Words Starting With

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