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Wilhelmina

American  
[wil-uh-mee-nuh, wil-hel-, vil-hel-mee-nah] / ˌwɪl əˈmi nə, ˌwɪl hɛl-, ˌvɪl hɛlˈmi nɑ /

noun

  1. Mount Wilhelmina, former name of Trikora.

  2. a female given name: derived from William.


Example Sentences

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When the series ended in 2010, Wilhelmina becomes editor-in-chief, with Marc remaining by her side.

From Los Angeles Times

“You’d have to figure out some way to get him back under Wilhelmina,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times

During the scene, he is on board a plane with nightclub singer Wilhelmina "Willie" Scott, played by Kate Capshaw, and his 12-year-old friend Short Round, played by Ke Huy Quan, while escaping the clutches of a Chinese crime gang.

From BBC

For those on the other side of the dispute, the decision “is a monumental win for Filipino farmers and Filipino people,” Greenpeace Southeast Asia campaigner Wilhelmina Pelegrina said in a statement.

From Science Magazine

To hear some tell it, her neighbors included the famous illusionist and escape artist Harry Houdini and his wife, Wilhelmina Beatrice Houdini.

From Los Angeles Times