"WA" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈdʌbəlˌjuː eɪ/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-WA.wav [US]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} WA
  1. (US) Abbreviation of Washington: a state of the United States of America. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Washington (extra: a state of the United States of America) Categories (place): States of the United States, Washington, USA
    Sense id: en-WA-en-name-1~csPUay Disambiguation of States of the United States: 96 2 1 0 Disambiguation of Washington, USA: 95 3 1 0 Categories (other): American English
  2. (Australia) Initialism of Western Australia. Tags: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Western Australia
    Sense id: en-WA-en-name-jc8-TMIn Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 32 21 25
  3. (sports) Initialism of World Athletics. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: World Athletics Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-WA-en-name-Hy~md50n Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Noun

IPA: /ˈdʌbəlˌjuː eɪ/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-WA.wav [US] Forms: WAs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} WA (plural WAs)
  1. (netball) Initialism of wing attack. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: wing attack Categories (topical): Netball
    Sense id: en-WA-en-noun-348Egp5g Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 19 21 37 Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, netball, sports

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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