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Verna

American  
[vur-nuh] / ˈvɜr nə /

noun

  1. a female given name.


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Verna Genus was sheltering from the storm at her four bedroom home in the village of Carlisle, St Elizabeth, when the hurricane ripped the zinc roof off her house.

From BBC Oct. 29, 2025

Verna has lost communications due to the power lines being down.

From BBC Oct. 29, 2025

One of the toughest items to track down was the Oscar awarded to editor Verna Fields, whose taut cutting built the film’s suspense.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2025

“They’re seeing some substantial revenue and they are also getting a lot of people to sign up or switch to the ad supported tier,” said Paul Verna, a principal analyst at Emarketer.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2025

Verna had met Suzanne a couple of times while we were at Harvard and by sheer coincidence was now living in Silver Spring, in a building just across the parking lot from Suzanne’s.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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