"WHCA" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} WHCA
  1. (US politics) Initialism of White House Communications Agency. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: White House Communications Agency Categories (topical): US politics Synonyms: WHSC, WHSD
    Sense id: en-WHCA-en-name-XNSavH5T Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15 Topics: government, politics
  2. (US politics, journalism) Initialism of White House Correspondents' Association. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: White House Correspondents' Association Categories (topical): Mass media, US politics
    Sense id: en-WHCA-en-name-CrynxnIk Topics: government, journalism, media, politics
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