Tywana

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proper noun

A female given name, variant of Tajuana.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A female given name, variant of Tajuana.

    “I am who I am regardless of how I wear my hair,” said Tywana Smith, an owner of Treasured Locks, a Web site devoted to upkeep for relaxed and natural hair.

    2009 August 26, Catherine Saint Louis, “Black Hair, Still Tangled in Politics”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 May 2011
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    The victims, children and granchildren of Lewbertha Jones, were Jaamar L. Jones, 3 years old; Checo S. Jones, 2; Tywana Y. Jones, 2; Carla Denise Malloy, 6; and Mark Terell Malloy, 4.

    1973 December 17, “Fire Kills Five Children”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

    Tywana Brown, 13, once stayed out of school for 10 days, roaming along 125th Street much of the time, and returned with a forged note from her grandmother saying she had been sick. The grandmother was called in to talk with school officials. Now, Tywana says she likes the school “because Miss Davis and them, they care about you, by telling me to come to school, checking up on me, making sure I do my work.”

    1987 November 25, Joseph Berger, “Keeping Most Likely Dropouts in School”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015

    In late 2011, Frank moved to Phoenix, Arizona, with his wife, Tywana, and their son Caleb, then nine, as well as two of Frank’s biological daughters, Maile and Kailani, aged eight and nine.

    2023 February 6, Nina Lakhani, “A very American death: how Caleb Blair lost his life in the Phoenix heat”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Feb 2023

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APA

Tywana. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tywana

MLA

“Tywana.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tywana. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tywana,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tywana.

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