MENA

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mena"

English

Proper noun

MENA

1. (politics) Initialism of Middle East News Agency, a news agency based in Cairo, established in 1955, nationalized and affiliated to the Egyptian Ministry of Information in 1960.
2. (politics) Initialism of Middle East and North Africa.
   • 2006, The MENA region is anything but stable today, A. H. Cordesman, K. R. Al-Rodhan, The Changing Dynamics of Energy in the Middle East, →ISBN, page 65:
   • 2025 February 6, Rebecca Cairns, “Just 1 in 5 women are employed in this region. Investing in the care economy could change that”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 9 February 2025:

     Currently, the MENA region’s care services are estimated to meet just 10% of demand, said Eldhagen.

Usage notes

• In use since the 1970s by the IPPF. Used by the World Bank and IMF from about 1980. Often written as MENA Region or MENA region. The MENAFATF (or MENA FATF) was established in 2004.

Derived terms

Middle East, North Africa

• MENAFATF

Related terms

Middle East, North Africa

• EMEA
• EMEAI
• EMEIA
• MEASA

Anagrams

• -mane, -nema, Amen, Eman, Enma, MEAN, NAmE, NEMA, NMEA, amen, mane, mean, mnae, name, namé, neam, ñame

Spanish

Alternative forms

• mena

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmena/ [ˈme.na]
• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: ME‧NA

Noun

MENA m or f by sense (plural MENAS)

1. (Spain) acronym of menor extranjero no acompañado m, menor extranjera no acompañada f (“unaccompanied foreign minor”)
   • 2019 November 10, Elvira Lindo, “Chiringuitos, inmigrantes, MENAS”, in El País‎^[2], archived from the original on 21 November 2025:

     En el autobús, una señora le decía a otra que prefería mil veces un centro de metadona que uno de MENAS (me encanta cómo nos hemos aprendido todos la palabreja).

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   • 2021 January 25, Luis F. Durán, “Dos 'menas' insultan, amenazan y rompen el coche de una educadora que les retiró la paga por inhalar disolvente en el centro de Casa de Campo”, in El Mundo‎^[3], archived from the original on 21 November 2025:

     Dos menas del centro de la Casa de Campo insultaron, agredieron y causaron daños en el coche de una educadora del centro que decidió retirarles la paga semanal al incumplir las normas establecidas.

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   • 2021 August 17, Pablo Gómez, “El duro ataque de Vox contra Almeida: “El PP con la izquierda: paguitas a los menas y Madrid Central””, in La Razón‎^[4], archived from the original on 22 August 2021:

     Paguitas a los menas hasta los 25 años en Andalucía y Madrid Central en la capital de España”.

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