twa

¹ American  

[twah, twaw] / twɑ, twɔ /

noun

Scot.

1. two.

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Twa ² American  

[twah] / twɑ /

noun

plural

Twas,

plural

Twa

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

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twa British  

/ twɔː, twe /

noun

1. a Scot word for two

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Example Sentences

The new card was unveiled at a splashy event Wednesday at the TWA Hotel near New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ms. Nichter is now a professor emerita of anthropology at the University of Arizona, but on Sept. 6, 1970, she was a college senior aboard a TWA flight to New York from Israel when, she writes, a bizarre announcement in an unfamiliar accent echoed through the plane: “This is your new captain speaking. You are being taken to a friendly country. Stay calm, we will not harm you.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Three of them—from TWA, Swissair and Pan Am—were commandeered successfully.

From The Wall Street Journal

Among the more notable flameouts was the hostile takeover of TWA by Icahn in 1986.

From Los Angeles Times

The contest began with Icahn’s quest to drive up the price of the TWA stock he was holding, but he surprised the market by actually trying to run the airline.

From Los Angeles Times