Juana

[ wah-nuh; Spanish hwah-nah ]

noun

1. a female given name.

Example Sentences

When Juana was 8, her father abandoned the family and the girl moved to Mexico City to live with her aunt.

From The Daily Beast

But like the Icarus of her poems, Sor Juana ended up flying too close to the sun.

From The Daily Beast

A look at the new translation of the works of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.

From The Daily Beast

Her mother was illiterate, but she secured a tutor for both her sons and her daughters, and Juana could read by the age of 3.

From The Daily Beast

She had carried the baby over to Juana's and left her there, that she might be free to serve the Father's supper.

From Project Gutenberg

He was the image of Juana, who secretly petted him extravagantly, although she pretended to like her younger son the better.

From Project Gutenberg

Juana comprehended this reproach, and by her advice Diard sent back to Tarragona all the pictures he had brought from there.

From Project Gutenberg

Juana's feminine perception and her keen eye hovering over her salons, brought her nothing but pain.

From Project Gutenberg

Juana, too late aware of our laws and habits and administrative customs, did not enlighten her husband soon enough.

From Project Gutenberg