"WWF" meaning in English

See WWF in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} WWF
  1. Initialism of World Wide Fund for Nature, formerly World Wildlife Fund. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: World Wide Fund for Nature, formerly World Wildlife Fund
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  2. (historical) Initialism of World Wrestling Federation (became WWE, World Wrestling Entertainment, in May 2002) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism Alternative form of: World Wrestling Federation (extra: became WWE, World Wrestling Entertainment, in May 2002)
    Sense id: en-WWF-en-name-FYvper40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Organizations, Wrestling Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 61 Disambiguation of Organizations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Wrestling: 5 95
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