Meanings
proper noun
- A female given name originating as a coinage, of late 20th and early 21st century African-American usage, variant of Shaniqua.
Chandler Basha announced via Twitter on Monday its athletic department has hired former Mesa Skyline girls basketball head coach Chiniqua Bright for the same role.
2021 May 18, Dana Scott, “Chiniqua Bright leaves Skyline to become new Basha girls basketball head coach”, in The Arizona Republic, archived from the original on 24 Jun 2021
Origin
African-American coinage.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
Chiniqua. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chiniqua
MLA
“Chiniqua.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chiniqua. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Chiniqua,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chiniqua.
Source: Chiniqua on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.