Godparents. Nina (patlina) and Ninu (patlino) , meaning godmother and godfather in the Mariana Islands, respectively, are borrowed terms from the Spanish padrina and padrino. These terms are derived from Spanish Catholicism and describe the relationship between the godparents and their godchild.

It is a name in regular usage in French, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Irish, and Scottish cultures, and it is often associated with the meaning “Follower of Christ.” Other ways to say Christine are Christina, Kristin, Kristina, Kristine, Kristen, Kirsten, Hristina, Krystyna, Cristina (most used in Portugal.

It also has a relation to the Spanish word “niña”, which translates as “little girl” and has meaning in several other languages: (Hebrew: “God was gracious, God has shown favor”); (Persian: “nice”); (Hindi: “beautiful”); (Swahili: “mother”); (Native American: “strong”); (Arabic: “friend”); (Greek: “flower”).

A 9 millimeter handgun. Example sentence: “Don’t trip, there’s a nina in the glovebox.”

Nina is a reference to a 9mm pistol (ninA, ninE: get it?). Like, when you’re playing spades and you lay down a nine, you might say “Nina Ross and her farting hoss [horse].”

It would be like saying “baby” to someone you like, as in “hey, baby, how you doing?” Or, “I love you, baby.” A similar word is “nena,” which in some countries means the same as “niña.” Men often call their girlfriends “nena” as a sign of affection. If he’s your boss or in a position.

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(slang) A 9mm handgun.

Medical Definition of pinta : a chronic skin disease that is endemic in tropical America, that occurs successively as an initial papule, a generalized eruption, and a patchy loss of pigment, and that is caused by a spirochete of the genus Treponema (T.

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Spanish, Portuguese, and Jewish (Sephardic): possibly a nickname from pinta ‘shameless’, ‘outrageous’, ‘imprudent’.

The Pinta sank at its moorings; in 1919, the Nina caught fire and sank. In 1920, the Santa Maria was rebuilt and continued to draw tourists until 1951, when it was destroyed by fire.

While generations of school children have sung of the adventures of the “Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria too,” the remains of Columbus’ history-making First Fleet—as well as those of his subsequent three expeditions—remain undiscovered, despite decades of dedicated searching by archaeologists and shipwreck hunters …

The remains of that storied ship have been lost ever since. But now, more than 500 years since it was shipwrecked, underwater archaeologists believe they have located The Santa Maria, reports the Independent.

La Santa María (The Saint Mary), alternatively La Gallega, was the largest of the three Spanish ships used by Christopher Columbus in his first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492, the others being the Niña and the Pinta….Santa María (ship)

Measuring around 70 feet in length, it carried a crew of 40 men. The Santa Maria and Columbus’s other fleet members the Niña and the Pinta were older ships used for coastal trading rather than vessels designed for ocean crossings.

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The replicas of Niña and Pinta were built in Valença, Brazil using the same methods as the 15th century Portuguese. Other replicas are located in Andalusia, Spain (at El Puerto de Santa María and at the Wharf of the Caravels in Palos de la Frontera).

The Santa Maria was a rented vessel owned by Juan de la Cosa, who sailed with Columbus as the first officer. Formerly, known as the La Gallega since its owner was from Galicia, Columbus renamed the vessel Santa Maria. The Santa Maria had three masts (fore, main, and mizzen), each of which carried one large sail.

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With a crew of 90 men and three ships—the Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria—he left from Palos de la Frontera, Spain. Columbus reasoned that since the world is round, he could sail west to reach “the east” (the lucrative lands of India and China).

The Nao Santa Maria, a recreation of the historic 15th-century ship that sailed from Spain to the Americas, is currently docked in the Galveston Historic Seaport next to the 1877 Elissa and open to visitors from April 24th through May 2nd.

50 to 70 feet