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Wenonah

American  
[wi-noh-nuh] / wɪˈnoʊ nə /
Or Wenona

noun

  1. a female given name.


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Wenonah Hauter is the founder and executive director of the national advocacy group Food & Water Watch.

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2024

“While it is encouraging to see governments pledge to take serious action, the emissions target should be much stronger,” Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter said in a statement.

From Scientific American • Sep. 20, 2021

After a short stint at a small department that dissolved, in Wenonah, N.J.,

From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2020

“To be in the family and see his 6ft 3in and 6ft 4in nieces standing totally, perfectly tall without a care in the world about their height, there’s no awkwardness,” says Palmer’s wife, Wenonah.

From The Guardian • Jun. 2, 2018

Fair Nokomis bore a daughter, And she called her name Wenonah.

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham