Winona
Americannoun
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a city in SE Minnesota, on the Mississippi.
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a female given name.
Example Sentences
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Poor Sofia Coppola, a last-minute replacement for Winona Ryder, flat-out couldn’t act.
From Los Angeles Times
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
In 1988, she played Winona Ryder's stepmother in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."
From Barron's
The movie, also starring Alec Baldwin, Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder, became an instant hit, eventually leading to a Broadway musical and a 2024 sequel.
“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
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