"CWA" meaning in English

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Proper name

Audio: EN-AU ck1 CWA.ogg [Australia]
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  1. (US, historical, 1933–1934) Initialism of Civil Works Administration. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism Alternative form of: Civil Works Administration
  2. (US) Initialism of Clean Water Act. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Clean Water Act
  3. (US) Initialism of Communications Workers of America. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Communications Workers of America
  4. (Australia) Initialism of Country Women's Association. Tags: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Country Women's Association Categories (topical): Organizations
    Sense id: en-CWA-en-name-jLK86vpO Disambiguation of Organizations: 14 14 13 59 Categories (other): Australian English, English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 20 18 39 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 22 13 48

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