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mino.

A traditional Japanese raincoat made from straw.

4 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmɪnəʊ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈmiːnəʊ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈmɪnoʊ/General-American/ˈmiːnəʊ/General-American
  1. A traditional Japanese raincoat made from straw.

    historical
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Japanese 蓑 (mino).

noun/ˈmaɪnəʊ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈmaɪnoʊ/General-American
  1. Archaic form of myna (“type of bird”).

    alt-of · archaic
Where this word comes from

Presumably originally a hypercorrection of myna under the assumption that it had been subjected to the reduction of unstressed final /əʊ///oʊ/ common in nonstandard English varieties (compare fella, winda; in thorough and (-)borough such reduction is standard as these words are often unstressed).

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