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Tiwa

American  
[tee-wuh] / ˈti wə /

noun

Tiwas, plural Tiwa plural
  1. a member of a cluster of pueblo-dwelling North American Indian peoples of New Mexico.

  2. the Tanoan language of the Tiwa.


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Losing faith in the reality of Quivira, Coronado sent most of his men back to the Tiwa pueblos.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

At Vein, a nightclub not far off, Tiwa Savage, one of Nigeria's biggest Afrobeats stars, took to the mic.

From Barron's • Dec. 22, 2025

What Skelly will present with Tiwa Select later this year in New York City doesn’t have an “end client, so I can just do whatever I want,” he explains.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2024

The festival is unusual because despite appearances from Tiwa Savage, Skepta, Davido and Naomi Campbell, there's never been a headliner.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2021

For a singer and songwriter just making her American album debut, Tiwa Savage is wildly overqualified.

From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2020

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