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    W.G.
    abbreviation
    water gauge.
  • wg
    wg
    abbreviation
    water gauge
  • WG
    WG
    abbreviation
    Grenada (international car registration)

W.G.

American  
Or w.g.

abbreviation

  1. water gauge.

  2. weight guaranteed.

  3. wire gauge.


wg 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. water gauge

  2. wire gauge

"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

WG 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Grenada (international car registration)

"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

Etymology

Origin of WG

from W(indward Islands) G(renada)

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Mr. Enzensberger returned to Germany in 1979 and settled in Munich, where he started a publishing house, The Other Library, which helped develop young authors, including the German novelist W.G.

From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2022

The film, which premiered Monday in Cannes, uses extensive archival footage to depict the Allied bombing campaign of Germany during World War II. The question at the heart of the film, inspired by W.G.

From Seattle Times • May 24, 2022

“The Natural History of Destruction,” which is based on a book of the same name by W.G.

From Reuters • May 23, 2022

“If you love W.G. Sebald’s work, you’ll love this,” he said.

From Washington Post • Mar. 26, 2020

Another of the Oxford converts to Rome, W.G.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various

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