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shewa

shewa is the alternative form of shva.

Meaning of shva

Noun

shva (plural shvas)

  1. A Hebrew nikud vowel sign written as two vertical dots beneath a letter, in Israeli Hebrew indicating either the phoneme /e/ or the complete absence of a vowel.

Proper noun capitalized: Shewa

Shewa

  1. (historical) A historical region of Ethiopia, formerly an autonomous kingdom within the Ethiopian Empire.

Forms of shewa

Noun
pluralshewas
Proper noun
alternative formShoa
alternative formShowa
alternative formShua
alternative formShuwa

Questions about shewa

What does shewa mean?
Shewa means a historical region of Ethiopia, formerly an autonomous kingdom within the Ethiopian Empire.
What is shewa the alternative form of?
Shewa is the alternative form of shva.
What part of speech is shewa?
Shewa is a proper noun.

Words near shewa in the dictionary

  1. shew forth
  2. shew stone
  3. shew stones
  4. shew'd
  5. shew-bread
  6. shewa
  7. shewage
  8. shewanellosis
  9. Sheward
  10. shewas
  11. shewbread

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shewa (page history and authors); Shewa (page history and authors); shva (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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