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Winona, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
Population (2000): 1290
Housing Units (2000): 587
Land area (2000): 3.768033 sq. miles (9.759159 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.768033 sq. miles (9.759159 sq. km)
FIPS code: 80512
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 37.006927 N, 91.328795 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 65588
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Winona, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000): 228
Housing Units (2000): 103
Land area (2000): 0.253128 sq. miles (0.655599 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.253128 sq. miles (0.655599 sq. km)
FIPS code: 80075
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 39.061639 N, 101.244995 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 67764
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Winona, TX -- U.S. town in Texas
Population (2000): 582
Housing Units (2000): 237
Land area (2000): 1.561115 sq. miles (4.043269 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.003408 sq. miles (0.008826 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.564523 sq. miles (4.052095 sq. km)
FIPS code: 79828
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 32.490836 N, 95.171100 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 75792
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Winona, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 27069
Housing Units (2000): 10666
Land area (2000): 18.228410 sq. miles (47.211364 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 5.331801 sq. miles (13.809300 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 23.560211 sq. miles (61.020664 sq. km)
FIPS code: 71032
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 44.048158 N, 91.647158 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Winona, MS -- U.S. city in Mississippi
Population (2000): 5482
Housing Units (2000): 2344
Land area (2000): 13.053061 sq. miles (33.807272 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.035360 sq. miles (0.091583 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 13.088421 sq. miles (33.898855 sq. km)
FIPS code: 80760
Located within: Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
Location: 33.488845 N, 89.731451 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 38967
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Winona -- U.S. County in Minnesota
Population (2000): 49985
Housing Units (2000): 19551
Land area (2000): 626.303338 sq. miles (1622.118131 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 15.288665 sq. miles (39.597458 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 641.592003 sq. miles (1661.715589 sq. km)
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 44.008825 N, 91.741907 W
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Wikipedia
Winona (legend)

Winona or Wenonah is a Dakota Sioux character in a " Lover's Leap" romantic legend set at Maiden Rock, which is on the Wisconsin side of Lake Pepin in the United States. Winona is said to have leaped to her death from this high precipice rather than marry a suitor she did not love. This theme is found in a number of apocryphal, post-contact tales in the place-name lore of North America.

Winona (name)

Winona is a feminine given name, an Anglicized form of the Dakota descriptive term, Winúŋna, meaning "firstborn daughter."

People with the name or variations thereof include:

  • The daughter of the Dakota Sioux Chief Wapasha III, sometimes identified with the legendary figure, Winona
  • Winona LaDuke (born 1959), Native American activist
  • Winona Ryder (born 1971), American actress
  • Wynona Carr (1924–76), African-American gospel, R&B and rock and roll singer-songwriter
  • Wynona Lipman (c. 1932–99), American politician and New Jersey state senator
  • Wynonna Judd (born 1964), American country singer

Fictional characters so named include:

  • Wenonah, the mother of Hiawatha in Longfellow's epic poem The Song of Hiawatha (1855)
  • Winona, a character in the Pokémon universe
  • Winona Kirk, the mother of Star Treks James T. Kirk
Winona

Winona, Wynona or Wynonna may refer to:

Winona (Winona, Virginia)

Winona is a historic home located near Bridgetown, Northampton County, Virginia. It dates to about 1681, and is a small, 1 1/2-story, brick structure with a gable roof. It measures 32 feet, 6 inches, by 27 feet 6 inches. It features an exterior end chimney with three free-standing stacks set diagonally on the base.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.

Winona (Norfolk, Virginia)

Winona is a national historic district located at Norfolk, Virginia. It encompasses 203 contributing buildings in a small, cohesive residential neighborhood just north of Lafayette Residence Park in Norfolk. It was platted in 1909, and largely developed between 1916 and 1941. There are notable examples of Queen Anne and Colonial Revival style residential architecture.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

Usage examples of "winona".

Smiling radiantly at her daughter, looking so unlike Tommy's mother in her ao dais, Winona said, 'Deliverance, did you really say that about me, dear?

Shawn Johnson graduated from Cannon Falls High School in 1979, and started college at Winona State University that fall.

Sinatra called Mother Phan, ‘A great old broad,’ Mai danced with her father, Ton got tipsy for the first time in his life, Sheila Ingrid Julia Rosalyn Winona Lilith answered to three other names, and Del whispered to Tommy, as they did a fox-trot, ‘This is reality, tofu man, because reality is what we carry in our hearts, and my heart is full of beauty just for you.

Sinatra called Mother Phan, “A great old broad,” Mai danced with her father, Ton got tipsy for the first time in his life, Sheila Ingrid Julia Rosalyn Winona Lilith answered to three other names, and Del whispered to Tommy, as they did a fox-trot, “This is reality, tofu man, because reality is what we carry in our hearts, and my heart is full of beauty just for you.