Origin of the name Minerva: Believed to be derived from the Latin root mens (the mind, thought, intellect). Minerva is the name borne in Roman mythology by the goddess of wisdom, skill and invention. She is equated with the Greek goddess Pallas Athene. From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.
Take a look at the words and decide if they are nouns, verbs or adjectives. Noun: a word that refers to a person, place, thing, event, substance or quality e.g.'nurse', 'cat', 'party', 'oil' and 'poverty'. Verb: a word or phrase that describes an action, condition or experience e.g. 'run', 'look' and 'feel'. Adjective: a word that describes a noun e.g. 'big', 'boring', 'pink', 'quick' and 'obvious'. Lesson by Adele, EC Cape Town English language school. Link: Learn English Noun and Adjective Endings. 1  1 - dolphin.
Noun. Nouns are a part of speech typically denoting a person, place, thing, animal or idea. In linguistics, a noun is a member of a large, open lexical category whose members can occur as the main word in the subject of a clause, the object of a verb, or the object of a preposition.iktionary (1.00 / 1 vote) Rate this definition: noun (Noun). A word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English. noun (Verb). To convert a word to a noun.