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WA

1 American  

abbreviation

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

  2. Banking. withholding agent.


wa' 2 American  
[waw, wah] / wɔ, wɑ /

noun

Scot.
  1. wall.


W.A. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. West Africa.

  2. Western Australia.

  3. Marine Insurance. with average.


WA British  

abbreviation

  1. Washington (state)

  2. Western Australia

"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

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This time, farmers in WA first began reporting plague-like numbers of mice in March, with their neighbours in South Australia following suit shortly after.

From BBC May 30, 2026

It originated from what scientists consider Australia's first 'Great Barrier Reef,' a Devonian era reef system located in the Kimberley region of northern WA.

From Science Daily Mar. 12, 2026

The biggest power plant in Texas, WA Parish near Thompsons, Texas, emitted 49% more sulfur dioxide last year, or 36,000 tons—more than all but six states that year, according to NRDC’s analysis.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 26, 2026

Donations to Beauty of Bronze can be made online or by check payable to Community Foundation of North Central Washington, Beauty of Bronze at 9 South Wenatchee Ave., Wenatchee, WA 98801.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 9, 2026

Right on that ground, at the cross between East Morris Road and 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

I see Massr Looey ma’seff; an’ sure he wa’ stayin’ at de house for more ’n a week.

From The Guerilla Chief And other Tales by Reid, Mayne

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 Reid, Mayne

He drest moas like de ress ob dem—only on de top ob him head dar wa’ a big spread ob feather, shinin’ like de tail o’ a peacock.”

From The Yellow Chief by Reid, Mayne

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 McElroy, John

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

He’s 56 now, and when he delivered his pitch for W.A.

From Washington Post Dec. 30, 2021

“We need to be as sophisticated in our applications and understandings of bioethics and decolonial practice as we are with ancient DNA,” said Rick W.A.

From New York Times Oct. 20, 2021

A very neat use of the calibration curve has been made by Professor W.A.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various

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