WA
1 Americannoun
abbreviation
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West Africa.
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Western Australia.
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Marine Insurance. with average.
abbreviation
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Washington (state)
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Western Australia
Example Sentences
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At long last, it is the turn of the Paralympics to bid 'konnichi wa' to Tokyo.
From BBC • Aug. 24, 2021
I war considered ’bove de common for dat age, an’ wa’ employed in de house ob de chief which war called de palace.
From Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops by Reid, Mayne
She ’memba dan’lin you on her knee, when you wa’ bit piccaninny, not bigger dan a ’possum.
From The Yellow Chief by Reid, Mayne
Dar wa’ some yella’ stripe; but mos’ ob him wa’ a bright red colour—redder dan blood.”
From The Yellow Chief by Reid, Mayne
The cummers are out wi’ their knitting and spinning, The thrush sings frae his crib on the wa’, And o’er the white road the clachan caddies Play at their marlies and goaling-ba’.
From The Mountainy Singer by MacCathmhaoil, Seosamh
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