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Roanna

Roanna proper noun: a female given name.

Proper noun

Roanna

  1. A female given name.
    • In addition to Robinson’s performance, there was Chanel Edwards (13 points, seven rebounds, five steals), Hattie Sanders (11 points) and Roanna Yutig (eight points, eight rebounds).1992 March 6, Martin Henderson, “Division IV Girls: Lincoln Wins Second Consecutive Division Championship”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC...
    • “It’s a pretty powerful song,” Roanna Avila, 19, an Oceanside waitress, said of “Cop Killer.”1992 October 1, Michael Granberry, “‘Killer’ Show: Ice-T Defiantly Performs Song—and Nothing Happens”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC...

Examples of Roanna in a sentence

  • “We told students, ‘We can help you solve little problems before they become big problems,’ ” Anacapa counselor Roanna Bostwick said.1994 February 20, Maia Davis, “Schools Try New Ways to Stop Violence […]”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times...
  • [Frank] Sokevitz, 59, and his wife, Roanna, 57, are converting the red brick Neshannock Falls School, where Sokevitz attended first and second grades in the 1940s, into a home.1998 December 27, Tara Bradley-Steck, “Man Returns to School, But Now It’s Home”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles...
  • Schechner; his co-director, Benjamin Mosse; and the movement director Roanna Mitchell — spills out past the Kasser’s stage into its lobbies and onto its balconies and lawns.2014 September 3, Alexis Soloski, “Still Dealing in Intimacy After All These Years”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York...
  • Roanna Yimei Wang, a daughter of Li-Qiong Wang and Lai-Sheng Wang of Barrington, R.I., was married Sept. 17 to Nathan Lewis Bruschi, a son of Cathy Lewis Bruschi and Damian J.2016 September 18, “Roanna Wang, Nathan Bruschi”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...

Forms of Roanna

alternative formRoanne

Origin of Roanna

Blend of Rose + Anna. Compare Joanna and Rosanna (possibly also inspired by Roxana).

Questions about Roanna

What does Roanna mean?
Roanna means a female given name.
How do you use Roanna in a sentence?
“We told students, ‘We can help you solve little problems before they become big problems,’ ” Anacapa counselor Roanna Bostwick said.
What part of speech is Roanna?
Roanna is a proper noun.

Words near Roanna in the dictionary

  1. Roane
  2. Roane County
  3. Roanes
  4. Roanhorse
  5. roaning
  6. Roanna
  7. Roanne
  8. roanoke
  9. Roanoke bells
  10. Roanoke Colony
  11. Roanoke County

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