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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wau

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.10 in modern English

Syllables
wau
IPA
6
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Digamma (Ϝ/ϝ).

name

A town in Papua New Guinea.

name

A city in South Sudan.

noun

Initialism of weekly active user: a measurement of customer engagement, typically with an online service.

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

waus (plural) Waw (alternative) Wow (alternative)

Phrases

wau-wau

Frequently Paired Words

epsilon zeta wau-wau

Questions

What does wau mean?
Digamma (Ϝ/ϝ).
Where does wau come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

How to pronounce wau

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