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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.

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

In 2024, a ballot initiative was introduced to make WA Cares voluntary.

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

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

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

Tune—"Hughie Graham" "O gin my love were yon red rose, "That grows upon the castle wa'; "And I mysel' a drap o' dew, "Into her bonnie breast to fa'!

From Language of Flowers by Kate Greenaway

Dar wa’ some yella’ stripe; but mos’ ob him wa’ a bright red colour—redder dan blood.”

From The Yellow Chief by Mayne Reid

Howsomever, let that flee stick to the wa' for the present.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 by Various

He healy took her frae her horse, And healy set her down;90 And set her back until a wa', Her foot to yird-fast stane.

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various

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

“The church will continue to offer full transparency and cooperation with W.A. Police,” Bishop Michael Morrissey, who replaced Saunders in the Broome Diocese in 2021, said in a statement.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2023

“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

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

V., S., W.A. v.r. scrub        8 Head, neck beautiful deep-blue; shoulder blue; breast scarlet; abdomen light-yellow; upper green; f., duller, breast green.

From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by John Albert Leach

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