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    twa
    noun
  • Twa
    Twa
    noun
    a member of a Pygmy people of Burundi, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

twa

1 American  
[twah, twaw] / twɑ, twɔ /

noun

Scot.
  1. two.


Twa 2 American  
[twah] / twɑ /

noun

Twas, plural Twa plural
  1. a member of a Pygmy people of Burundi, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.


twa British  
/ twɔː, twe /

noun

  1. a Scot word for two

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“In pren twa plis letan qui mo ti pense pou to arriv ici,” he said.

From Slate Aug. 27, 2018

“In pren twa plis letan qui mo ti think pou to arrive here.”

From Slate Aug. 27, 2018

We came, the twa of us, upon my cousin Uwaine with his shield in cover—and didna recognize his blazon.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

I had seen them speer at the fellow, and put out their twa fingers when they saw him, to guard against the evil eye.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

A voice made known that we twa were in need of them.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

The Tutsis account for 14% and the Twa just 1% of Rwanda’s 14 million people.

From Seattle Times Apr. 7, 2024

Oral tradition and linguistic evidence indicate that the Bantu intermingled with some of these populations, including rainforest-dwelling peoples such as the Twa and the Khoekhoe herders of South Africa.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

“We consider ourselves like an animal of the forest. It’s like we are tigers - when you take a tiger out of the forest, how will it live?” said Paul Sein Twa.

From Washington Times Aug. 19, 2020

Only a generation ago, the Twa were hunter-gatherers who subsisted off meat and honey from Rwanda’s rain forests.

From Washington Post Apr. 5, 2019

Landseer had already painted a black and white one in the picture of The Twa Dogs, which we have examined.

From Landseer A collection of fifteen pictures and a portrait of the painter with introduction and interpretation by Hurll, Estelle M. (Estelle May)

Twas the night before Christmas in this offseason of doubt when news broke that the Mariners were adding a free-agent hitter that might provide some clout.

From Seattle Times Dec. 24, 2023

Twas The Night Before Christmas, was widely circulated in December last year.

From The Guardian Apr. 1, 2020

Twas about this time in 1980 that several witnesses reported sightings of an unidentified flying object in the vicinity of the Rendlesham Forest in eastern England, an incident that has been called “Britain’s Roswell.”

From Slate Dec. 24, 2018

Twas the Rush Before Christmas Eight short plays inspired by classic holiday songs.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 26, 2017

Twas he had driven them forth at first, without his killing e’er a one of them, and he himself was ben the castle at the very time.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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