"WTC" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} WTC
  1. Initialism of World Trade Center (located in New York City). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: World Trade Center (extra: located in New York City)
    Sense id: en-WTC-en-name-c8MLBqCj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Named buildings, New York City Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 31 5 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 62 31 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 67 30 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 29 3 Disambiguation of Named buildings: 64 28 8 Disambiguation of New York City: 99 0 1

Noun

Forms: WTCs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} WTC (countable and uncountable, plural WTCs)
  1. Initialism of world trade center (any of many around the world). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: world trade center (extra: any of many around the world)
    Sense id: en-WTC-en-noun-Vg4VrSii
  2. (linguistics) Initialism of willingness to communicate. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: willingness to communicate
    Sense id: en-WTC-en-noun-4lEwYC8r Categories (other): Linguistics Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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