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Translingual

Etymology 1

Symbol

GW

  1. (metrology) Symbol for gigawatt, an SI unit of power equal to 109 watts.
Derived terms
  • GWh (gigawatt hour)

Etymology 2

Symbol

GW

  1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Guinea-Bissau.
    Synonym: GNB (alpha-3)

English

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Proper noun

GW

  1. Initialism of George Washington.
  2. Abbreviation of George Washington University.
    Synonym: GWU
  3. (Japan) Abbreviation of Golden Week.
  4. Initialism of George W. Bush.
    Synonyms: GWB, GBII, GB2, GB Jr., Dubya, W., 43

Noun

GW (plural GWs)

  1. (astronomy, astrophysics, physics) Initialism of gravitational wave.
  2. Initialism of goal weight.
    Coordinate terms: CW, HW, LW, SW, UGW

Japanese

Noun

GW(ゴールデンウィーク) • (Gōruden Wīku) 

  1. Abbreviation of ゴールデンウィーク (Golden Week).
    GW(ゴールデンウィーク)初(しょ)日(にち) ― Gōruden Wīku shonichi ― the first day of Golden Week
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