Wau

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Digamma (Ϝ/ϝ).
  2. 2
    Initialism of weekly active user: a measurement of customer engagement, typically with an online service. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A town in Papua New Guinea.
  2. 2
    A city in South Sudan.

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digamma

Etymology

From the transliteration of Ancient Greek *ϝαῦ (*waû) (reconstructed from Latin vau (/⁠wau̯⁠/)), from Phoenician 𐤅 (w /⁠wāw⁠/). Doublet of vav and waw.

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papua new guineasouth sudan

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