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TWA

name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

name

Meaning 1

Initialism of Trans World Airlines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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2

noun

Meaning 2

An airliner of Trans World Airlines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1956 "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" (Lyrics) - Chuck Berry Flying across the desert in a TWA, / I saw a woman walking across the sand / She been a-walkin' thirty miles en route to Bombay. / To get a brown-eyed handsome man

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Initialism of teeny-weeny afro (“a short afro hairstyle”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang

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noun

Meaning 4

Initialism of typical white asshole.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ethnic, initialism, offensive, slang, slur, vulgar

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5

noun

Meaning 5

Any of several pygmy tribes of sub-Saharan Africa, or a member of one of those tribes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

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History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Twa — ethnic group
  • French: Twa — ethnic group
  • Polish: Twa — ethnic group