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twa

[twah, twaw]
–noun, adjective Scot.
two.

Twa

[twah]
–noun, plural Twas, (especially collectively) Twa.
a member of a Pygmy people of Burundi, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Also called Batwa.
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twa   (twä, twô)   
n.   , adj. & pron. Scots
Two.

[Middle English, variant of two; see two.]
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Word Origin & History

TWA 
formed May 16, 1928, as Transcontinental Air Transport, merged 1930 with Western Air Express to form Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc. (TWA). Name changed to Trans World Airlines 1950, but the moniker remained the same. Last remnants bought out by rival American Airlines in April 2001.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
TWA
Trans World Airlines
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