Minda
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Minda may refer to:
- Minzu University of China, Beijing, People's Republic of China; known for short in Chinese as 民大 (Míndà)
- A character in Filipino soap opera Bituing Walang NingningBituing Walang NingningBituing Walang Ningning is a Filipino television serial drama. It began airing on the ABS-CBN television network on May 15, 2006, and ended on October 6 of that same year. For most of its run, the soap opera was the network's highest rating show in primetime...
- A detention facility in Lidcombe, New South WalesLidcombe, New South WalesLidcombe is a suburb in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales Australia. Lidcombe is located 14 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Auburn Council....
- A neighbourhood in ReşiţaResita' is a city in western Romania and the capital of Caraş-Severin County, in the Banat region. Its 2004 population was 83,985.- Etymology :The name of Reşiţa, might comes from the Latin recitia, meaning "cold spring", as the great historian Nicolae Iorga once suggested, presuming that the Romans...
, Romania - An uncommon short form of the female given name MelindaMelinda- Etymology :The modern name Melinda is a combination of "Mel" with the suffix "-inda"."Mel" can be derived from names such as Melanie meaning "dark, black" in Greek, or from Melissa meaning "honeysuckle" in Greek...
- Minda IncMinda IncMinda Incorporated, established in 1898, provides support to children and adults with intellectual disabilities in Adelaide, South Australia and is the largest non-Government disability support organisation in the state...
, an organisation that runs a facility in AdelaideAdelaideAdelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
, South AustraliaSouth AustraliaSouth Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
, providing lodging and support for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. 'Minda' is a KaurnaKaurna language"Kaurna" is the language of the Kaurna people, an Australian aboriginal ethnic group, in South Australia. It was historically spoken on the Adelaide Plains from Crystal Brook and Clare in the north, to Cape Jervis in the south. It became extinct in the 19th century but was revived and reconstructed...
word meaning 'place of shelter and protection', but has come, locally, to be used as a derogatory term for the intellectually disabled.