"OW" meaning in English

See OW in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} OW
  1. (underwater diving) Acronym of Open Water. Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Alternative form of: Open Water
    Sense id: en-OW-en-name-aV0zOZH7 Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, Underwater diving, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 20 Topics: diving, hobbies, lifestyle, sports, underwater-diving
  2. Initialism of Overwatch. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Overwatch
    Sense id: en-OW-en-name-MTH-zUiJ Categories (other): Video games Disambiguation of Video games: 28 72
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