Shenikwa

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  1. 1
    A female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage, variant of Shaniqua.

    "A Manhattan jury awarded $14.3 million yesterday to a former dancer who was paralyzed from the waist down after a 1983 crash in a car driven by a former New York Yankee infielder. The money goes to Shenikwa Dawn Nowlin, 31 years old, who at 14 was the Dance Theater of Harlem's youngest member and who is now a Dallas lawyer."

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shaquisha

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"A Manhattan jury awarded $14.3 million yesterday to a former dancer who was paralyzed from the waist down after a 1983 crash in a car driven by a former New York Yankee infielder. The money goes to Shenikwa Dawn Nowlin, 31 years old, who at 14 was the Dance Theater of Harlem's youngest member and who is now a Dallas lawyer."

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