twa
[twah, twaw]
- two.
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Twa
[twah]
- a member of a Pygmy people of Burundi, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Also called Batwa.
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Examples from the Web for twa
Contemporary Examples
It was not a hedge fund manager who invented the iPhone, after all, but it was a hedge fund manager who ran TWA into the ground.
The 747 fleet was never grounded as a result of the TWA crash.
Boeing had failed to meet a deadline to implement explosion-prevention devices in 747s, directly related to the loss of TWA 800.
One famous vase smuggled and later sold to the Met even traveled in a first-class TWA seat.
Great names like Pan Am, TWA, and Eastern have disappeared, all at one time the creations of visionary men.
Historical Examples
It wasn't my fault I didn't go to school, and 'twa'n't his fault, poor man.
Quaint CourtshipsVarious
I'll be ben mysel' in a meenute or twa to hae a crack wi' her.
Salted With FireGeorge MacDonald
The forgiein and the forgettin 'ill be ae deed—by the twa o' 's at ance!
Salted With FireGeorge MacDonald
The laddie needs twa mithers, and the Merciful has gien him the twa!
Heather and SnowGeorge MacDonald
It wad but raise a strife atween the twa, ohn dune an atom o' guid.
Heather and SnowGeorge MacDonald
twa
twae (twe)
- a Scot word for two
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Word Origin and History for twa
TWA
formed May 16, 1928, as Transcontinental Air Transport, merged 1930 with Western Air Express to form Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc. (TWA). Name changed to Trans World Airlines 1950, but the moniker remained the same. Last remnants bought out by rival American Airlines in April 2001.
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