myna

Other forms of myna

plural

mynas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about myna

What does myna mean?

myna means "tropical Asian starlings".

How many syllables are in myna?

myna has 2 syllables: my-na. The stress falls on "my". In IPA it is /ˈmaɪnə/.

What is another word for myna?

Close synonyms include mynah, mina, minah, myna bird, mynah bird. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is myna a common word?

myna is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.