Dinah
Americannoun
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Also Dina (in the Bible) the daughter of Jacob and Leah.
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a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “vindicated.”
noun
Example Sentences
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Following Joan’s death, Ken posed as a wealthy real-estate investor in Washington, D.C. and took up with the much-younger Dinah.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
“Leonardo DiCaprio owns the famed former Dinah Shore estate just across the street.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026
Another Indigenous protester in Sydney, 23-year-old Reeyah Dinah Lotoanie, called for people to recognise that a genocide happened in Australia.
From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026
Staff at the restaurant on Dinah Shore Drive in Palm Desert recognized him from an incident two days before and alerted deputies.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2025
I put Dinah on the windowsill and lay down on the bed, again not touching anything.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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