kina
noun
kina is spelled K-I-N-A: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,884th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, kina means “The national currency of Papua New Guinea, divided into 100 toea” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of kina is kinas.
How many letters and syllables are in kina?
| Letters | 4: K-I-N-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 69,884th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is kina?
Kina appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,884th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What rhymes with kina?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as kina.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: akin, kain, naik.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of kina
- kinas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does kina mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The national currency of Papua New Guinea, divided into 100 toea.
- 2
Any member of the species Evechinus chloroticus of sea urchins endemic to New Zealand.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does kina come from?
From Tolai kina (“oyster or clamshell”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).