Joanna
- proper noun
- /dʒoʊˈænə/
- You should just pick Joanna.
- Joanna Macy
- Joanna Russ
- Joanna Brooke
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Watch on YouTubeOh, dude, I remember I had a crush on Joanna.
- Oh, dude, I remember I had a crush on Joanna.
- So Arnold Katz Jean called for me and got me a meeting with Joanna Ray, the casting guard for Twin Peaks.
- So I'm really, really good friends with Joanna and I'm good friends with Gabby Allen and Samira Montana.
- This is what socially engaged Buddhist Joanna Macy calls active hope, the engaged expression of wise hope.
- I love the first one and I like the character Joanna, so we'll see what chaos she gets up to in the rest of this.
- If I'm feeling extra fancy, I'll use the Joanna Check face roller over this.
Examples
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What are you going to tell Joanna?
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Yes, this is Joanna Eberhart.
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And I was like Joanna and she was like, hello.
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Yes, I would say that like Joanna, you, you know her, you might know her work.
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Oh, you remember that girl Joanna I was telling you about?
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Hey, it's Joanna and the baby.
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Thank you, Joanna.
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Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Joanna McCauley and I'm your chief flight attendant.
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Do you think anybody moves to Waco, Texas just to meet Chip and Joanna Gaines?
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Oh, you remember that girl Joanna I was telling you about?
Surface Forms
Etymology
Joanna is the female form of John and a variant of Joan or Johanna, from the old Hebrew name Yochanan which means 'God is gracious'. So, Joanna originally carries the idea of 'God's grace'.