Onas
- plural of Ona.
Example Sentences
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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
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Raf Vallone, as her ship-tycoon husband, is healthily Hellenic in a role with obvious overtones of Onas sisism.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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
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They do not build boats and neither do the Tehuelches of Patagonia, but considerable numbers of Onas have been found in Patagonia and may still be found there.
From The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by Spears, John R.
Brother Onas, These Things happen frequently, and we desire you will consider them well, and not be too much concerned.
From The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada Attachments and Support Papers by Colden, Cadwallader