Winona
Americannoun
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a city in SE Minnesota, on the Mississippi.
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a female given name.
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But in reproducing the fragmentary nature of Susanna Kaysen’s memoir, which became a movie starring Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie, the musical never acquires dramatic momentum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
In Tim Burton’s breakthrough film, O’Hara played tragically hip Delia Deetz, the pretentious and self-absorbed stepmother of Winona Ryder’s Lydia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026
In 1988, she played Winona Ryder's stepmother in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."
From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026
Allaire’s relationship with technology began while he was growing up in Winona, Minn. In the 1980s, he and his brother, Joseph “J.J.”
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 14, 2025
I tried to act normal as he told me stories about Winona.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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