jinne

/ ˈjiːrə; ˈjiːnə /

interjection

1. an exclamation expressive of surprise, admiration, shock, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of jinne¹

from Afrikaans

Example Sentences

BioNTech had provided Pfizer with the blueprints for its lab-size mixing system, said Jinne Adisoejoso, a Pfizer drug manufacturing specialist from Belgium who traveled to help the Michigan team in January.

From Washington Post

I will not again attempt a history of the disputed word which Barbot derives from Ginahoa, the first negro region visited by the Portuguese; others from Ghana, the modern Kano; from the Jenneh or Jinne of Mungo Park; from Jenna, a coast-town once of note, governed by an officer under the 'King' of Gambia-land, and, in fine, from the Italian Genoa.

From Project Gutenberg