"UWS" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} UWS
  1. Initialism of Upper West Side (“a neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Upper West Side (extra: a neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States) Categories (place): Places in New York City, Places in New York, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-UWS-en-name-qv7g~Ig3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Neighborhoods in New York, USA

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