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enola

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for enola.

Editorial note

The latter has the Space Shuttle Discovery, a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, a Concorde… and the Enola Gay.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

A female given name.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of enola gathered in one view.

noun

A female given name.

noun

A place in the United States:

noun

A town in Faulkner County, Arkansas.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for enola.

noun

A female given name.

noun

A place in the United States:

noun

A town in Faulkner County, Arkansas.

noun

An unincorporated community in Madison County, Nebraska.

Example sentences

1

The latter has the Space Shuttle Discovery, a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, a Concorde… and the Enola Gay.

2

The Little Boy bomb dropped by the Enola Gay crew on Hiroshima killed 90-140,000 Japanese, mostly civilians.

3

The crew of Enola Gay were as much a cog in the machine as anyone else.

4

Based on the information available to them, the crew of the Enola Gay had no reason to believe their orders unlawful.

5

Look at the famous photo of the Enola Gay crew the morning of the bombing.

6

So if the pilot of the Enola Gay was hopped up on speed when he dropped the bomb, that would make it OK?

7

My grandfather was a mechanic in the Enola Gay's bomber group.

8

My mothers father was a weapons person on the Enola Gay.

9

The B-29 only seems to get any notice because of the Enola Gay, and the B-24 Liberator is practically invisible in culture despite its large role.

10

I also feel the same, owning a book with Oppenheimer's and Einstein's signatures in it would be cool, but the Enola Gay bombers?

11

If they're expunging images of the Enola Gay, we can guess no.

12

My other grandfather worked on the Enola Gay...

Quote examples

1

Ladies and gentlemen, I present the party of government efficiency, spending our money to scrub “Enola Gay” from the web.

2

What could possibly go wrong giving the same government that is currently deleting information from websites including references to the “Enola Gay” control over models?

3

This reminds me somewhat of a 1955 reunion[1] of Paul Tibbets, the pilot of the Enola Gay, and a survivor of the Hiroshima bomb in an episode of "This is your life".

4

E.g., in the case of the bomb, they would have said "You build and test one and get one ready for delivery, and we will chip in for the gas for the Enola Gay.".

Proper noun examples

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Enola Gay Crew seems a bit misplaced here.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use enola in a sentence?

The latter has the Space Shuttle Discovery, a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, a Concorde… and the Enola Gay.

What does enola mean?

A female given name.

What part of speech is enola?

enola is commonly used as noun.