"WV" meaning in English

See WV in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} WV
  1. Initialism of West Virginia, a state of the United States of America. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: West Virginia (extra: a state of the United States of America) Categories (place): States of the United States, West Virginia, USA
    Sense id: en-WV-en-name-ph55jxWZ Disambiguation of States of the United States: 99 1 Disambiguation of West Virginia, USA: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 1 30 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 72 1 27
  2. Misspelling of VW. Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: VW
    Sense id: en-WV-en-name-mxMZ1Ebv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: WVU

Download JSON data for WV meaning in English (1.7kB)

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