"Wau" meaning in English

See Wau in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Waw [alternative], Wow [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Wau
  1. A town in Papua New Guinea. Categories (place): Places in Papua New Guinea, Towns in Papua New Guinea
    Sense id: en-Wau-en-name-07pKkzQx
  2. A city in South Sudan. Categories (place): Cities in South Sudan, Places in South Sudan Translations (city in South Sudan): وَاو (wāw) [feminine] (Arabic)
    Sense id: en-Wau-en-name-bBiPmmc8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Arabic translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of 'city in South Sudan': 2 98
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Waw",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wow",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Wau",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Papua New Guinea",
          "orig": "en:Places in Papua New Guinea",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Towns in Papua New Guinea",
          "orig": "en:Towns in Papua New Guinea",
          "parents": [
            "Towns",
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A town in Papua New Guinea."
      ],
      "id": "en-Wau-en-name-07pKkzQx",
      "links": [
        [
          "town",
          "town"
        ],
        [
          "Papua New Guinea",
          "Papua New Guinea#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Cities in South Sudan",
          "orig": "en:Cities in South Sudan",
          "parents": [
            "Cities",
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in South Sudan",
          "orig": "en:Places in South Sudan",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 94",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 62",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Arabic translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A city in South Sudan."
      ],
      "id": "en-Wau-en-name-bBiPmmc8",
      "links": [
        [
          "city",
          "city"
        ],
        [
          "South Sudan",
          "South Sudan#English"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "wāw",
          "sense": "city in South Sudan",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "وَاو"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Wau"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Requests for pronunciation in English entries",
    "Terms with Arabic translations"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Waw",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wow",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Wau",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Places in Papua New Guinea",
        "en:Towns in Papua New Guinea"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A town in Papua New Guinea."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "town",
          "town"
        ],
        [
          "Papua New Guinea",
          "Papua New Guinea#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Cities in South Sudan",
        "en:Places in South Sudan"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A city in South Sudan."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "city",
          "city"
        ],
        [
          "South Sudan",
          "South Sudan#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "wāw",
      "sense": "city in South Sudan",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "وَاو"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Wau"
}

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