Minto
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Minto may refer to the following:
- Places
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- Canada
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- Minto, New Brunswick.
- Minto, Ontario.
- Minto City, British Columbia, also known as simply Minto.
- Minto, a provincial electoral division in Manitoba.
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- United States
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- Australia
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- United Kingdom
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- Minto, a village near Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland.
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- People
- Brian Minto, an American boxer
- The Earl of Minto, including:
- Harry Minto, pioneer of the U.S. state of Oregon
- John Minto, New Zealand political activist
- John Minto (Oregon pioneer), brother of Harry Minto, also a pioneer
- Scott Minto, English football (soccer) player
- Scott Minto, Australian rugby league footballer
- William Minto (1845-1893), Scottish author
The Canadian and Australian Mintos are all named after Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, a popular British peer who served as Governor-General of Canada and also as Viceroy of India. The Earls of Minto are in turn named after Minto in Scotland. It is not known whether the U.S. Mintos are named after the Scottish one or after one of the Earls.
- Other
- The Minto Cup, a lacrosse award in Canada, first awarded by the 4th Earl of Minto, who was then Governor-General of Canada.
- Minto Developments Inc., a real estate company in Canada. Also named for the 4th Earl of Minto.
- MINTO: A Mixed Integer Optimizer
- Minto Sailing Dinghy: A 9' sailing dinghy originally built by Ed Hoppen in Gig Harbor WA, then Ranger Boats in Kent WA, and now Rich Passage Boats.
- Mentos, a Dutch candy
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