Iva

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proper noun A female given name of obscure origin, used in the U.S.A. around 1900.

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Fitu-Iva is a happy island, feasting and frolicking.

“Have you lived? What have you got to show for it?” 2008
She obliged her fans by signing her name Iva Toguri and "Tokyo Rose"; these autographs would later serve as evidence against her. 69

Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II 2008
So it was that Fitu-Iva escaped even a joint protectorate, and King

THE FEATHERS OF THE SUN 2010
It was the island of Fitu-Iva — the last independent Polynesian stronghold in the South Seas.

THE FEATHERS OF THE SUN 2010
Fitu-Iva wanted civilization; it wanted more and more civilization.

THE FEATHERS OF THE SUN 2010
Over its morning toast all the world read columns about Fitu-Iva.

THE FEATHERS OF THE SUN 2010
We know that his late partner, Miles Archer, was a son of a bitch; that Spade is sleeping with Archers wife, Iva; that his tomboyish secretary, Effie Perine, is the only innocent in his life.

Spade & Archer: Summary and book reviews of Spade & Archer by Joe Gores. 2009
Three factors conduced to Fitu-Iva's independence.

THE FEATHERS OF THE SUN 2010
Iva Zafirova, 29, of Bulgaria, one of the disappointed winners, had been applying each of the past 10 years.

U.S. Green-Card Lottery Scrutinized After Blunder Miriam Jordan 2011
The war vessels of the five Powers cluttered Fitu-Iva's one small harbour.

THE FEATHERS OF THE SUN 2010