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  • awa
    awa
    adverb
  • AWA
    AWA
    abbreviation
    Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd
  • awa'
    awa'
    adverb
    away; departed; onward

awa

1 American  
[uh-waw, uh-wah] / əˈwɔ, əˈwɑ /

adverb

Scot.
  1. away.


awa 2 American  
[ah-vuh] / ˈɑ və /

noun

Hawaii.
awa, plural awas plural
  1. another word for milkfish.


AWA 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

awa' 2 British  
/ əˈwɔː /

adverb

  1. away; departed; onward

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

Etymology

Origin of awa1

First recorded in 1810–20

Origin of awa2

First recorded in 1900–05; from Hawaiian; compare Fijian yawa, Tahitian ava

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