English Explanatory Dictionary

Elmina

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town in the Central Region of Ghana.
  2. A town in Selangor, Malaysia.

Word forms

Elmina

Etymology

The Malaysian town's name was from Elmina Estate, one of the country's oldest oil palm plantations dating back to 1917. It was possibly derived from Portuguese el mina (“the mine”), which referred to the plantation itself.

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