"GW" meaning in English

See GW in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper-noun}} GW
  1. Initialism of George Washington. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: George Washington
    Sense id: en-GW-en-name-jpd28QPq
  2. Abbreviation of George Washington University. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: George Washington University Synonyms: GWU
    Sense id: en-GW-en-name-kZvJSuA7
  3. (Japan) Abbreviation of Golden Week. Tags: Japan, abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Golden Week Categories (topical): Eating disorders, Individuals
    Sense id: en-GW-en-name-FShAcGCN Disambiguation of Eating disorders: 17 11 49 16 5 1 Disambiguation of Individuals: 17 12 37 29 4 1 Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese English, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 13 9 38 11 4 1 13 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 9 40 12 4 1 10 11 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 12 51 14 5 0
  4. Initialism of George W. Bush. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: George W. Bush Categories (topical): George W. Bush Synonyms: GWB, GBII, GB2, GB Jr., Dubya, W., 43
    Sense id: en-GW-en-name-wWPePSFD Disambiguation of George W. Bush: 16 12 23 47 1 0

Noun

Forms: GWs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} GW (plural GWs)
  1. (astronomy, astrophysics, physics) Initialism of gravitational wave. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: gravitational wave Categories (topical): Astronomy, Astrophysics, Physics, Black holes
    Sense id: en-GW-en-noun-evN39iPt Disambiguation of Black holes: 10 8 29 11 42 1 Topics: astronomy, astrophysics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  2. Initialism of goal weight. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: goal weight
    Sense id: en-GW-en-noun-2IeG-OTd

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