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Minerva is the Roman goddess of crafts and wisdom. The name may also refer to:
People
Minerva (Daum Agora user) , a South Korean netizen famous for his economic predictions
Minerva G. Carcaño (born 1954), Hispanic episcopacy of The United Methodist Church
Minerva J. Chapman (1858–1947), American painter
Minerva Parker Nichols (1863-1949), American architect
Minerva Teichert (1888-1976), American artist
Minerva Urecal (1894–1966), American film and television actress
Minerva, the stage name of
Josephine Blatt (c. 1869 – 1923)
Minerva Goodman (1876–1967), American physician, suffragist
Minerva Hamilton Hoyt (1866–1945), an American activist famous for saving the deserts in California
Minerva Brace Norton (1837–1894), American educator and author
Minerva Dayton Bateham (1856–1885), American poet, hymn writer, temperance worker
Minerva Cuevas (born 1975), Mexican conceptual artist
Minerva Pious (1903-1979), American singer
Minerva Mena (1930-2004), Mexican actress
Minerva “Eva” Castillo (1969-2022), Filipino singer
Minerva Herrera (1929-2016), Cuban folk singer
Minerva Reid (1871-1957) Canadian teacher, medical doctor, and politician
Minerva Hernández Ramos (born 1969), Mexican politician
Minerva Koenig (born 1960), American author
Minerva Bloom , (born 1959), Mexican poet
Minerva Castillo Rodríguez (born 1955), Mexican politician
Minerva Bernardino (1907-1998), Dominican diplomat
Geography
Australia
Pacific Ocean
United States
Land development
Minerva plc , a London-based British developer and property firm
Minerva Building , a skyscraper once planned for the eastern edge of London's main financial district
Lokhandwala Minerva , a skyscraper under construction in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Entertainment
Games
Comics
Film
Minerva Film , an Italian film distribution company operating between 1912 and 1956
Manga and anime
Animation
Minerva Campbell, the mother of
Finn from Adventure Time
Minerva Mink, a character from
Animaniacs
Minerva Mouse, the full name of
Minnie Mouse
Music
Novels
Minerva (Re:Zero ) , a character in the light novel series Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World
Minerva Hadley, a character in the
Noughts & Crosses book series by Malorie Blackman
Minerva McGonagall , a character in the Harry Potter book series by J. K. Rowling
Minerva Paradizo, a character in the book
Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer
Minerva , a ship and supporting character in
The Baroque Cycle book series by Neal Stephenson
Minerva, a setting in the book
A World of Difference by Harry Turtledove
Minerva, a setting in the
Giants series by James P. Hogan
Minerva, a computer which becomes a human female in Robert A. Heinlein's 1973
Time Enough for Love
In Harry Turtledove's novel
A World of Difference , the orbit of Mars is occupied by an Earth-sized planet called Minerva
Minerva, a character in
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt, based on
Valerie Bowles
Theatre
Publications
Science and technology
Astronomy and space
Automotive
Biology
Computing and telecommunication
MINERVA , a European Union organization concerned with the digitisation of cultural and scientific content
MINERVA (cable system) , a submarine telecommunications cable system linking Italy and Cyprus
Minerva (QDOS reimplementation) , a reimplementation of Sinclair QDOS
Minerva Initiative , a plan that looks to tap into the community of area specialists and other university researchers
Minerva Networks , a company that develops video compression technology and broadcast systems
Medicine
Minerva cast, a type of
orthopedic cast enclosing the patient's trunk and head
A brand name of
co-cyprindiol (cyproterone acetate/ethinylestradiol), an oral contraceptive
Physics
MINERνA , a neutrino scattering experiment
Ships
Other uses
Editura Minerva , a Romanian publishing house
Minerva Bunkering , a marine fuel logistics company
Minerva Campbell, a character who is
Finn Mertens ' biological mother in the TV series Adventure Time
Minerva roundabout, famous landmark in
Guadalajara , Jalisco
The
Minerva Initiative is a U.S. Department of Defense program
Minerva F.C. , a 19th-century amateur football club in England
Fuji Xerox Minerva AFC , an American football team in Ebina, Kanagawa, Japan, playing in the X-League X2 division
Minerva University , a private university based in San Francisco, California
See also
Topics referred to by the same term