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• WA
  WA

  abbreviation

  Washington (approved especially for use with zip code).
• wa'
  wa'

  noun

  wall.
• W.A.
  W.A.

  abbreviation

  West Africa.

WA

¹ American  

abbreviation

1. Washington (approved especially for use with zip code).

2. Banking. withholding agent.

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wa' ² American  

[waw, wah] / wɔ, wɑ /

noun

Scot.

1. wall.

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W.A. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. West Africa.

2. Western Australia.

3. Marine Insurance. with average.

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WA British  

abbreviation

1. Washington (state)

2. Western Australia

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Example Sentences

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WA wa' W.A.

On a recent visit to WA, he counted 30 to 40 active mice burrows when he walked a 100m distance of a one-metre wide strip.

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

For 30-somethings who are struggling to afford childcare and save adequately for retirement, WA Cares offers twofold support.

From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026

A puzzling fossil from the Late Devonian Gogo Formation in WA has now been examined using advanced imaging techniques such as CT scanning and computed tomography.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 12, 2026

“Our WA Parish facility ran in 2025 within its permitted limits,” an NRG spokesman said, noting that emissions at all facilities fluctuate based on how often they operate and fuel variations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026

It’s pretty clear which direction Annabelle Agnelli needs to go, though, because it is definitely not WA 27.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

At long last, it is the turn of the Paralympics to bid 'konnichi wa' to Tokyo.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2021

Da wa’ buffaloes and elephants, an’ de rhinoceros, an’ hipperpotamusses, an’ dar war big monkeys ob de baboon ’pecies.

From Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops by Mayne Reid

Ise ti'd ob de wa', Ise been cookin', sah, for de 'Sesh.'

From Uncle Daniel's Story Of "Tom" Anderson And Twenty Great Battles by John McElroy

Of this we have an intimation in the old ballad of ‘Hardyknute’—beginning “Stately stept he east the wa’, And stately stept he west.”

From The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries by Sutherland Menzies

Then I went up to the little bit o’ broken glass that was nailed to the wa’ to speer what like I was.

From Seven Frozen Sailors by George Manville Fenn

THOMPSONS, Texas—One of the fastest-growing counties in the nation is also home to one of its biggest coal-fired power plants: the W.A.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

“If China gives a concession to Sri Lanka, it will have to give the same concession to other borrowers,” said economist W.A.

From Seattle Times ● May 19, 2022

Ms. Kamat earned a bachelor’s degree in nutrition and is a first-grade teacher at W.A.

From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2022

To say that Will was “wealthy” is a bit of an understatement: He was the son of Sen. W.A.

From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2021

Mercadanti, four-voice mass, also one for three voices; W.A.

From Sixty Years of California Song by Margaret Blake Alverson