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Shoniqua

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

Proper noun

Shoniqua

  1. A female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage, variant of Shaniqua.
    • When Shoniqua Shandai was a young girl, her favorite movies were The Little Mermaid and What’s Love Got To Do With It? The two films are certainly on the opposite side of the spectrum. But for a little Black girl yearning to see herself represented on screen, Shandai had to take what she could get.2021 December 13, Veronica Wells, “Shoniqua Shandai On The One Aspect Of 'Harlem' That Almost Made Her Pass On Auditioning”, in Essence, archived from the original on 19 Dec 2025

Questions about Shoniqua

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

Words near Shoniqua in the dictionary

  1. shonickers
  2. shoniker
  3. shonikers
  4. shonikker
  5. shonikkers
  6. Shoniqua
  7. shonk
  8. shonkier
  9. shonkies
  10. shonkiest
  11. shonkily

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