Vassa
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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He also hired a strength and conditioning coach specific to hockey as well as goaltender coaches who work with netminders Troy Wright and Andrew Vassa.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 17, 2023
While I was on board this ship, my captain and master named me Gustavus Vassa.
From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2015
Down the main street of the tiny Cypriot village of Vassa one night last week strode 15 masked men in strict military order.
From Time Magazine Archive
The man who later told that story was Olaudah Equiano, who also went by the name Gustavus Vassa.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
So I went in her room and took a book with a faded blue cover, called Equiano’s Travels, or the Life of Gust aims Vassa the African.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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