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wa

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Australia/ˈdʌbəlˌjuː eɪ/

wa noun: a traditional proa-style outrigger canoe of the Caroline Islands. Also the alternative form of waa.

Noun (1)

wa

  1. A traditional proa-style outrigger canoe of the Caroline Islands.

Noun (2)

wa (plural wa)

  1. A Thai unit of length, traditionally comparable to a fathom, and now officially equal to two metres.

Noun (3)

wa (uncountable)

  1. In Japanese society, the favouring of a harmonious community over one's personal interests.

Proper noun capitalized: WA

WA

  1. (abbreviation, postal) Abbreviation of Washington: a state of the United States.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Western Australia: a state of Australia.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of World Athletics.

Noun (4) capitalized: WA

WA (plural WAs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of wing attack.

Noun (5) capitalized: Wa

Wa pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) An ethnic group in Myanmar and China.

Noun (6) capitalized: Wa

Wa pl (plural only)

  1. (historical, plural, plural-only) The ancient peoples of Japan (from a Chinese perspective).

Also used as

wa is also the alternative form of waa.

wa meaning in Urdu, Telugu, Kannada and Punjabi

wa in Urdu

وا

wa in Telugu

వా

wa in Kannada

ವಾ

wa in Punjabi

ਵਾ
More languagesFewer languages
wa in Gujarati
વા
wa in Odia
ୱା

Examples of wa in a sentence

  • Howay man ye slowin' wa doon like!
  • Lee Chapman’s photographs document the scenes, signages and family businesses of the postwar Shōwa era Japan.
  • In this film Ida tells the story in the Bak̓wa̱mk̓ala language.

All 12 example sentences with wa

Forms of wa

pluralwa
pluralWAs

Plural of wa: wa

Origin of wa

From Thai วา (waa).

From Japanese 和 (wa).

From Burmese ဝ (wa.), in turn from Parauk Va (佤).

Words formed from wa

Phrases with wa

Questions about wa

What does wa mean?
Wa means a traditional proa-style outrigger canoe of the Caroline Islands.
What is wa in Urdu?
Wa in Urdu is وا. See Wa meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is wa?
Wa can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce wa?
Wa is pronounced /ˈdʌbəlˌjuː eɪ/ (Australia).
What is the plural of wa?
The plural of wa is wa.

Words near wa in the dictionary

  1. w8ing
  2. w8s
  3. W95
  4. W98
  5. W^X
  6. wa
  7. Wa State
  8. wa'n't
  9. Wa-shih-hsia
  10. wa-wa
  11. Wa.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wa (page history and authors); WA (page history and authors); Wa (page history and authors); wa (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wa (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wa (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wa (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wa (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wa (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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