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Wawa

//ˈwaˌwa// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A township in Ontario, Canada.
  2. 2
    A Mambiloid language spoken in Cameroon.
Noun
  1. 1
    A snow goose.

    "The last of the morning flight of noisy wawas going fieldwards were streaming from the water when I pushed out in the canoe […]"

  2. 2
    Water. childish, colloquial, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

Perhaps related to wavey (“snow goose”)?

Etymology 2

Shortened and simplified form of water.

Etymology 3

From Ojibwe wewe (“wild goose”).

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