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View Name: Wenonah


WENONAH
GENDER: Feminine
PRONOUNCED: wə-NON-ə   [key]
Meaning & History
Variant of WINONA. This spelling of the name was used by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow for the mother of Hiawatha in his epic poem 'The Song of Hiawatha' (1855).
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