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Winona

American  
[wi-noh-nuh] / wɪˈnoʊ nə /

noun

  1. a city in SE Minnesota, on the Mississippi.

  2. a female given name.


Example Sentences

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“Children’s Fairyland, for a lot of puppet theaters, including Bob Baker Marionette Theater, is really the one that we look to,” says Winona Bechtle, Bob Baker’s director of partnerships.

From Los Angeles Times

Psychedelic lead single Punk Rocky's off-the-wall music video also stars a couple of Burton favourites - actress Winona Ryder, who plays as a friendly neighbour, and esteemed film composer Danny Elfman, who joins for a spell on the drums.

From BBC

Tonight, she just made sure the film was set for the eight o’clock entry in the Winona Ryder retrospective before carefully ducking out.

From Literature

Set in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, Stranger Things first aired in 2016 and stars Millie Bobby Brown, Winona Ryder and David Harbour.

From BBC

Winona Ryder plays your mom, and she knows what it’s like navigating fame at a young age.

From Los Angeles Times