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Tywana

Tywana proper noun: a female given name, variant of Tajuana.

Proper noun

Tywana

  1. A female given name, variant of Tajuana.
    • The victims, children and granchildren of Lewbertha Jones, were Jaamar L. Jones, 3 years old; Checo S. Jones, 2; Tywana Y. Jones, 2; Carla Denise Malloy, 6; and Mark Terell Malloy, 4.1973 December 17, “Fire Kills Five Children”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
    • Tywana Brown, 13, once stayed out of school for 10 days, roaming along 125th Street much of the time, and returned with a forged note from her grandmother saying she had been sick. The grandmother was called in to talk with school officials. Now, Tywana says she likes the school “because Miss Davis...1987 November 25, Joseph Berger, “Keeping Most Likely Dropouts in School”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015

Examples of Tywana in a sentence

  • Tywana Brown, 13, once stayed out of school for 10 days, roaming along 125th Street much of the time, and returned with a forged note from her grandmother saying she had been sick.1987 November 25, Joseph Berger, “Keeping Most Likely Dropouts in School”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times...
  • “I am who I am regardless of how I wear my hair,” said Tywana Smith, an owner of Treasured Locks, a Web site devoted to upkeep for relaxed and natural hair.2009 August 26, Catherine Saint Louis, “Black Hair, Still Tangled in Politics”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times...
  • In late 2011, Frank moved to Phoenix, Arizona, with his wife, Tywana, and their son Caleb, then nine, as well as two of Frank’s biological daughters, Maile and Kailani, aged eight and nine.2023 February 6, Nina Lakhani, “A very American death: how Caleb Blair lost his life in the Phoenix heat”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The...

Questions about Tywana

What does Tywana mean?
Tywana means a female given name, variant of Tajuana.
How do you use Tywana in a sentence?
Tywana Brown, 13, once stayed out of school for 10 days, roaming along 125th Street much of the time, and returned with a forged note from her grandmother saying she had been sick.
What part of speech is Tywana?
Tywana is a proper noun.

Words near Tywana in the dictionary

  1. tyuyamuyunite
  2. Tyva
  3. tyvelose
  4. tyvm
  5. Tywan
  6. Tywana
  7. Tywanda
  8. Tywardreath
  9. Tywardreath and Par
  10. Tywi
  11. Tywyn

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