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williwau

williwau is the archaic form of williwaw.

Meaning of williwaw

Noun

williwaw (plural williwaws)

  1. A strong gust of cold wind.
    • The breeze in this case was the infamous north-Chicago williwaw that sometimes blows outward and bleacherward at Wrigley Field.1982, Roger Angell, Late innings, Simon and Schuster, page 196

Forms of williwau

pluralwilliwaus

Questions about williwau

What is williwau the archaic form of?
Williwau is the archaic form of williwaw.

Words near williwau in the dictionary

  1. Williston
  2. Williston Park
  3. Willistons
  4. Williton
  5. Willits
  6. williwau
  7. williwaus
  8. williwaw
  9. williwaws
  10. willless
  11. willlessness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: williwau (page history and authors); williwaw (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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