"WoW" meaning in English

See WoW in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} WoW
  1. (video games) Initialism of World of Warcraft. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: World of Warcraft Categories (topical): Video games Translations (World of Warcraft): 山口山 (Shānkǒushān) (Chinese)
    Sense id: en-WoW-en-name-rsuPuRQZ Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 39 36 Topics: video-games Disambiguation of 'World of Warcraft': 92 7 1
  2. (US, politics, derogatory) Initialism of War on Women. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, derogatory, initialism Alternative form of: War on Women Categories (topical): Politics
    Sense id: en-WoW-en-name-sT3Sb9M7 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Chinese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 39 36 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 51 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 45 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 50 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Chinese translations: 25 46 29 Topics: government, politics
  3. (computing, software) Initialism of Windows on Windows. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Windows on Windows Categories (topical): Computing, Software, Microsoft
    Sense id: en-WoW-en-name-vBx1Jntw Disambiguation of Microsoft: 10 13 76 Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 39 36 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: WoW64, WoWer
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