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Minmini (மின்மினி) (2024 film)

Minmini (மின்மினி) is a 2024 Tamil drama written and directed by Halitha Shameem, starring Esther Anil, Praveen Kishore, and Gaurav Kalai. Shot in two phases (2015 and 2022) with the same actors as children and adults, it follows survivor's guilt after a school accident and a Himalayan biking journey, with music by Khatija Rahman.

Minmontu

Minmontu, also written Minmonth and called Senires, was High Priest of Amun at Thebes in the early 18th Dynasty, serving under Ahmose I and Amenhotep I.

Minmose (overseer of granaries)

Minmose was an Egyptian official of the 18th Dynasty who held the title Overseer of the Granary under Queen Hatshepsut, attested in the obelisk-transport inscription at Deir el-Bahari.

Minmose (overseer of works)

Minmose was an official of Egypt's 18th Dynasty who served under Thutmose III and Amenhotep II, titled overseer of the festivals of Osiris and steward of the God's Wife.

Minna

Minna is the capital of Niger State, Nigeria, and seat of Chanchaga LGA. A Gbagyi hill town named for a fire-spraying custom, it grew after the 1910-1911 railway and became state capital in 1976.

Minna Atherton

Minna Atherton (born 2000, Auchenflower, Australia) is an Australian backstroke swimmer, London Roar ISL competitor, and short course 100m backstroke world record holder at 54.89, with Gwangju 2019 world titles and medals.

Minna Canth

Minna Canth, born Ulrika Wilhelmina Johnsson (1844–1897), was a Finnish writer and playwright, the first Finnish-language woman writer, whose birthday, 19 March, is Finland's Day of Equality.

Minna von Barnhelm

Minna von Barnhelm is a five-act comedy by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, published and premiered in 1767, set after the Seven Years' War, in which an officer's exaggerated sense of honor nearly destroys his engagement.

Minnaert (lunar crater)

Minnaert is a large lunar impact crater near the Moon's south pole on the far side, about 111–137 km across, IAU-approved in 1970 and named for Dutch astronomer Marcel Gilles Jozef Minnaert (1893–1970).

Minnal Murali (മിന്നൽ മുരളി)

Minnal Murali is a 2021 Indian Malayalam-language superhero comedy-drama directed by Basil Joseph, starring Tovino Thomas, released on Netflix in December 2021.

Minnale (album)

Minnalae (மின்னலே) is the soundtrack album of the 2001 Tamil film Minnale, Harris Jayaraj's debut as composer, featuring nine songs including the chartbuster 'Vaseegara' sung by Bombay Jayashri.

Minnale (மின்னலே)

Minnale (மின்னலே) is a 2001 Tamil romantic drama, the directorial debut of Gautham Vasudev Menon, starring Madhavan, Reema Sen, and Abbas, with a debut Harris Jayaraj score and Hindi remake Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein.

Minneapolis

Minneapolis, the largest city in Minnesota, sits on the Mississippi River at St. Anthony Falls. Once the flour-milling capital of the world, it now anchors the Upper Midwest economy.

Minneapolis Miracle

Minneapolis Miracle: 61-yard Case Keenum to Stefon Diggs walk-off touchdown, January 14, 2018, NFC Divisional playoff; Vikings beat Saints 29-24 at U.S. Bank Stadium, first NFL playoff game to end on a touchdown as time expired.

Minneapolis Police Department

Minneapolis Police Department (MPD), largest police force in Minnesota with 731 authorized officers in five precincts; led by Chief Brian O'Hara; operates under a 2022 state court-enforceable agreement and a 2023 federal reform Agreement in Principle.

Minneapolis Skyway System

The Minneapolis Skyway System, also called the Minneapolis Skyway, is a network of enclosed pedestrian bridges and tunnels linking about 80 blocks and 150 downtown Minneapolis buildings.

Minneapolis–Saint Paul

Minneapolis–Saint Paul, the Twin Cities, is Minnesota's two-core metropolitan region on the Mississippi River: 2024 city populations of 435,233 and 313,375, an MSA near 3.8 million, Metropolitan Council governance since 1967, and a milling-to-railroad economic history.

Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport

Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, also known as MSP and once called Wold-Chamberlain Field, is the primary commercial airport of the Minneapolis–St. Paul area in Minnesota, a major Delta hub.

Minnehaha County

Minnehaha County, South Dakota: county created in 1862 by the Dakota Territorial Legislature, seat at Sioux Falls. Largest county in the state by population, 197,214 in 2020; 810 square miles; named for the Sioux word for waterfalls.

Minnehaha Park (Minneapolis)

Minnehaha Park, also known as Minnehaha Regional Park, is a 167-acre Minneapolis park established in 1889 around Minnehaha Falls, a 53-foot waterfall on Minnehaha Creek.

Minneopa State Park

Minneopa State Park: Minnesota state park five miles west of Mankato, established 1905 (third oldest), known for Minneopa Creek's double waterfall, a drive-through bison range of the Minnesota Bison Conservation Herd, and the 1864 Seppmann Mill.

Minneriya Tank

Minneriya Tank, also called Minneriya lake, is an ancient irrigation reservoir in Polonnaruwa District, Sri Lanka, built during King Mahasen's reign and still serving paddy irrigation.

Minnesang

Minnesang is the German-language courtly love lyric of the Middle High German period, composed and performed by poets at aristocratic courts from about 1150 to about 1350, with Walther von der Vogelweide its leading figure.

Minnesota

Minnesota, the Gopher State, is a state in the north central United States, admitted in 1858 as the 32nd state and known for its 11,842 lakes.

Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), Minnesota's Democratic Party affiliate, formed April 15, 1944 by merging the state Democratic and Farmer-Labor parties; known for its caucus-convention endorsement system, 60%-vote platform rules, and Humphrey-led anti-communist takeover.

Minnesota Department of Health

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is Minnesota's state public health agency, headquartered in Saint Paul and employing over 2,000 people, charged with protecting the health of all Minnesotans.

Minnesota Department of Transportation

The Minnesota Department of Transportation, known as MnDOT, is the state agency planning Minnesota's highways, transit, rail, aviation, and waterways, created by the Legislature in 1976.

Minnesota Golden Gophers football

Minnesota Golden Gophers football: University of Minnesota's Big Ten (charter member, 1896) college football team, first played 1882; claims 7 national titles (last 1960) and 18 Big Ten titles; coached by P.J. Fleck since 2017.

Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball

Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball: University of Minnesota Big Ten program, playing since 1895-96 at Williams Arena (The Barn, 1928). 14 NCAA appearances, one Final Four, 1997 Big Ten title vacated; coached since 2025 by Niko Medved.

Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey

Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey: University of Minnesota Division I team in the Big Ten, playing at 3M Arena at Mariucci. Five NCAA titles (1974, 1976, 1979, 2002, 2003), 30 conference regular-season championships; new head coach Brett Larson for 2026-27.