Bona

[ boh-nuh, -nah ]

/ ˈboʊ nə, -nɑ /

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noun

Bône, the former name of Annaba.

Mount Bona, a peak in southern Alaska, in the Wrangell Mountains. 16,421 feet (5,005 meters).

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Words nearby Bona

bomb squad, bombycid, bommie, Bomu, Bon, Bona, bonaci, Bona Dea, Bonadoxin, bona fide, bona fides

How to use Bona in a sentence

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Stephen Hawking is not only a bona fide genius, but also one of the most resilient men on the planet.
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By the time the CFDA awards rolled round in early 1994, Moss was a bona fide star.
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Nor can other creditors through filing objections to a claim prevent a bona fide claimant from voting.
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The fact that you are here tells me that the wireless you got on the ship was not only bona fide but important.
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Such relief was to be granted with due consideration and the bona fide intention of recovering.
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It was an instantaneous apparition of absolute bodily substance, which carried its own warrant of complete bona fides.
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If we leave Philippeville in the evening, we find ourselves next morning in the handsome roadstead of Bona.
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British Dictionary definitions for Bona

Bona

/ (ˈbəʊnə) /

noun

Mount Bona a mountain in S Alaska, in the Wrangell Mountains. Height: 5005 m (16 420 ft)

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