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Chiniqua

Chiniqua proper noun: a female given name originating as a coinage, of late 20th and early 21st century African-American usage, variant of Shaniqua.

Proper noun

Chiniqua

  1. A female given name originating as a coinage, of late 20th and early 21st century African-American usage, variant of Shaniqua.
    • Chandler Basha announced via Twitter on Monday its athletic department has hired former Mesa Skyline girls basketball head coach Chiniqua Bright for the same role.2021 May 18, Dana Scott, “Chiniqua Bright leaves Skyline to become new Basha girls basketball head coach”, in The Arizona Republic, archived from the original on 24 Jun 2021

Origin of Chiniqua

African-American coinage.

Questions about Chiniqua

What does Chiniqua mean?
Chiniqua means a female given name originating as a coinage, of late 20th and early 21st century African-American usage, variant of Shaniqua.
What part of speech is Chiniqua?
Chiniqua is a proper noun.

Words near Chiniqua in the dictionary

  1. chinin
  2. chinine
  3. chining
  4. chiniofon
  5. Chiniot
  6. Chiniqua
  7. chiniquodontid
  8. chiniquodontids
  9. Chinish
  10. chink
  11. chink cough

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