"GW" meaning in English

See GW in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper-noun}} GW
  1. Abbreviation of George Washington University. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: George Washington University Synonyms (George Washington University): GWU
    Sense id: en-GW-en-name-kZvJSuA7 Disambiguation of 'George Washington University': 78 1 19 2
  2. (Japan) Abbreviation of Golden Week. Tags: Japan, abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Golden Week Categories (topical): Individuals
    Sense id: en-GW-en-name-FShAcGCN Disambiguation of Individuals: 6 41 10 37 7 Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 62 8 17 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 67 9 11 10
  3. Initialism of George Washington. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: George Washington
    Sense id: en-GW-en-name-jpd28QPq Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks
  4. Initialism of George W. Bush. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: George W. Bush Categories (topical): George W. Bush, Individuals Synonyms (George W. Bush): W., GWB, Dubya, GBII, GB2, GB Jr, 43
    Sense id: en-GW-en-name-wWPePSFD Disambiguation of George W. Bush: 11 19 15 54 2 Disambiguation of Individuals: 6 41 10 37 7 Disambiguation of 'George W. Bush': 10 15 12 63

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: 4 34 4 10 48 Topics: astronomy, astrophysics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

Inflected forms

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