Winona

[ wi-noh-nuh ]

noun

1. a city in SE Minnesota, on the Mississippi.
2. a female given name.

Example Sentences

Jolie also did vocal work for the popular Kung Fu Panda animation franchise and scored her first and so far only Oscar for “Girl, Interrupted,” a 1999 drama starring Winona Ryder that grossed $48.4 million.

From Los Angeles Times

The film continued the story of Winona Ryder’s Lydia Deetz, now an adult, and returned Michael Keaton to his eponymous role of Beetlejuice.

From Los Angeles Times

Orson Bean, Mary Kay Place and Charlie Sheen all have supporting roles; Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Winona Ryder have brief cameos; and director David Fincher makes an uncredited appearance as the national arts editor of the Los Angeles Times.

From Los Angeles Times

Geragos has had a lot of celebrity clients over the last two decades: Winona Ryder, Chris Brown, Michael Jackson.

From Slate

"Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" is haunting its audience 36 years after the release of the original and, in keeping with the vibe of the 1988 film that put calypso back in rotation — starring a 16-year-old Winona Ryder as spooky goth Lydia Deetz — there's a whole new batch of earworms — scratch that . . . sandworms — to become sonically possessed by.

From Salon