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Meʹnah

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A large stone worshipped by certain tribes of Arabia between Mecca and Mediʹna. This, stone, like most other Arabian idols, was demolished in the eighth year of “the flight.” The “menah” is simply a rude large stone brought from Mecca, the sacred city, by certain colonists, who wished to carry with them some memento of the Holy Land.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Mélusines
Melyhalt (Lady)
Memento Mori (A)
Memnon
Memorable
Memory
Men in Buckram
Men of Kent
Men of Lawn
Men are but Children of a Larger Growth
Menah
Menalcas
Menam
Menamber
Mendicants
Mendoza (Daniel)
Menechmians
Menecrates
Manevia
Meng-tse
Menie