Ona
Americannoun
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a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
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a female given name.
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Arsenal have held advanced discussions with Barcelona full-back Ona Batlle in the hope of reaching a pre-contract agreement to sign her in the summer.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2026
Wael Hana, 40, entered the plea at a hearing before Magistrate Judge Ona Wang in federal court in Manhattan.
From Reuters ● Sep. 26, 2023
An accomplished and decisive defender, Ona Batlle ushered attackers right where she wanted them.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2023
Three of those players - Ona Batlle, Aitana Bonmatí and Mariona Caldentey - reconciled with the federation and were at the World Cup.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 20, 2023
So it wasn’t long before Ona Judge’s disappearance on that May evening was noticed.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
Raf Vallone, as her ship-tycoon husband, is healthily Hellenic in a role with obvious overtones of Onas sisism.
From Time Magazine Archive
To find primitive virtues, the ethnologist must go all the way to the Onas, who lived in cold Tierra del Fuego.
From Time Magazine Archive
We tried for three days to sneak Onas baby out, but the guard stood near whenever the doors were open.
From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys
They travelled about with a host that for a time was composed of Tehuelches or Patagonians proper, and of Onas who had come over from Tierra del Fuego.
From The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by Spears, John R.
On the other Hand, your Cause is bad; your Heart far from being upright; and you are maliciously bent to break the Chain of Friendship with our Brother Onas, and his People.
From The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada Attachments and Support Papers by Colden, Cadwallader
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