Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nw

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English

Syllables
nw
IPA
5
Scrabble Score
2
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Abbreviation of North Rhine-Westphalia, a federal state of Germany.

noun

Initialism of northwest.

Uncountable

noun

Abbreviation of nanowire.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Abbreviation of net worth.

Countable; Uncountable

phrase

Initialism of now watching.

phrase

Initialism of no worries.

Usage

Inflected Forms

NWs (plural)

Derived Forms

AgNW

Synonyms

northwest nor'-west northwestward

Questions

What does nw mean?
Abbreviation of North Rhine-Westphalia, a federal state of Germany.

How to pronounce nw

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