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Shenikwa

Shenikwa proper noun: a female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage, variant of Shaniqua.

Proper noun

Shenikwa

  1. A female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage, variant of Shaniqua.
    • A Manhattan jury awarded $14.3 million yesterday to a former dancer who was paralyzed from the waist down after a 1983 crash in a car driven by a former New York Yankee infielder.
      The money goes to Shenikwa Dawn Nowlin, 31 years old, who at 14 was the Dance Theater of Harlem's youngest member and...1990 December 22, “Paralyzed Ex-Dancer Awarded $14 Million”, in The New York Times, sourced from The Associated Press, archived from the original on 25 May 2015

Questions about Shenikwa

What does Shenikwa mean?
Shenikwa means a female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage, variant of Shaniqua.
What part of speech is Shenikwa?
Shenikwa is a proper noun.

Words near Shenikwa in the dictionary

  1. shengnü
  2. shengs
  3. Shengsi
  4. shengyuan
  5. Shenhsi
  6. Shenikwa
  7. Sheniqua
  8. shenis
  9. shenises
  10. Shenism
  11. Shenji

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