twa

[twah, twaw]

noun, adjective Scot.

two.

Twa

[twah]

noun, plural Twas, (especially collectively) Twa.

a member of a Pygmy people of Burundi, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Also called Batwa.

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Examples from the Web for twa

Contemporary Examples of twa

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.
Welcome to the Golden Age of Activist Investors
CNBC
August 15, 2013
The 747 fleet was never grounded as a result of the TWA crash.
Exclusive: The Dreamliner Could Be Flying Again Sooner Than You Think
Clive Irving
February 27, 2013
Boeing had failed to meet a deadline to implement explosion-prevention devices in 747s, directly related to the loss of TWA 800.
Exclusive: The Dreamliner Could Be Flying Again Sooner Than You Think
Clive Irving
February 27, 2013
One famous vase smuggled and later sold to the Met even traveled in a first-class TWA seat.
Stolen Aphrodite Returns
Barbie Latza Nadeau
December 11, 2010
Great names like Pan Am, TWA, and Eastern have disappeared, all at one time the creations of visionary men.
Bad News for Fliers
Clive Irving
April 30, 2010

Historical Examples of twa

It wasn't my fault I didn't go to school, and 'twa'n't his fault, poor man.
Quaint Courtships
Various
I'll be ben mysel' in a meenute or twa to hae a crack wi' her.
Salted With Fire
George MacDonald
The forgiein and the forgettin 'ill be ae deed—by the twa o' 's at ance!
Salted With Fire
George MacDonald
The laddie needs twa mithers, and the Merciful has gien him the twa!
Heather and Snow
George MacDonald
It wad but raise a strife atween the twa, ohn dune an atom o' guid.
Heather and Snow
George MacDonald

British Dictionary definitions for twa

twa

twae (twe)

noun, determiner

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.