"NW" meaning in English

See NW in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} NW
  1. Abbreviation of North Rhine-Westphalia, a federal state of Germany. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: North Rhine-Westphalia (extra: a federal state of Germany)
    Sense id: en-NW-en-name-D~mJAUtp Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks

Noun

Forms: NWs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} NW (countable and uncountable, plural NWs)
  1. (uncountable) Initialism of northwest. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: northwest Translations (northwest): SZ (Czech), NO (Galician), NW (Galician), ÉNy (Hungarian), NO (Italian), NO (Portuguese), NW (Portuguese), NO (Spanish), NW (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-NW-en-noun-raL4dfkn Categories (other): Compass points Disambiguation of 'northwest': 97 1 2
  2. (nanoengineering) Abbreviation of nanowire. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: nanowire
    Sense id: en-NW-en-noun-YccKKNka
  3. (Internet slang, finance) Abbreviation of net worth. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: net worth
    Sense id: en-NW-en-noun-26UQDszl Categories (other): Finance, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 22 18 45 2 8 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 10 21 11 34 6 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 11 21 59 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 13 17 12 34 3 3 11 1 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 20 14 39 1 2 12 1 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 23 15 15 38 5 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 8 18 18 47 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 10 15 23 41 6 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 5 14 24 47 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 20 13 13 45 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 15 20 53 4 5 Topics: business, finance
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: AgNW

Phrase

Head templates: {{en-head|phr}} NW
  1. (Internet slang) Initialism of now watching. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: now watching
    Sense id: en-NW-en-phrase-FNzAE2~C
  2. (Internet slang) Initialism of no worries. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: no worries
    Sense id: en-NW-en-phrase-NmI6sasR Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for NW meaning in English (5.2kB)

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