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Bonita

American  
[buh-nee-tuh, boh-] / bəˈni tə, boʊ- /

noun

  1. a female given name.


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Bonita, longing to know her mother more deeply, follows the stranger from one site of her mother’s purported past to another.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Samples were collected near the Santa Maria da Serra dam, close to the Barra Bonita reservoir, where contaminants from across the river basin tend to gather.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

Villalpando, 17, grew up in Bonita, Calif., and initially signed an Under-19 contract with Tigres that allowed her to retain her college eligibility.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2026

Restoring the restaurant has become a passion project for the writers, a journey that became grist for a documentary, “¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor!,” which streams on Paramount+.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

Finding somebody to work in the rain wasn’t easy, but Curly eventually hooked up with an outfit in Bonita Springs.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen

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