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Wa or WA may refer to:

Businesses and organizations

  • KLM Cityhopper (IATA airline designator WA)
  • Weerbaarheidsafdeling, a paramilitary force associated with the Dutch National Socialist Movement
  • Western Airlines (IATA airline designator WA) (defunct)
  • Western Arms, a Japan-based airsoft manufacturer
  • Western Assurance Company, operating as WA, a Canadian insurance company
  • World Aquatics, the international governing body of water sports
  • World Archery, the international governing body of the sport of archery
  • World Athletics, the international governing body for the sport of athletics

Language

  • Wa (Javanese) (ꦮ), a letter in the Javanese script
  • Wa (kana), romanisation of the Japanese kana わ and ワ
  • Wa language, a group of languages spoken by the Wa people
  • Walloon language (ISO 639 language code wa)

Places

Asia

  • Wa (Japan) (和), an old Chinese name for Japan
  • Wa Land, the natural and historical region inhabited mainly by the Wa people in Myanmar and China
  • Wa Self-Administered Division, a current administrative division in Myanmar
  • Wa State, a de facto independent state in Myanmar

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  • WA postcode area in north-west England
  • Wa, Ghana, a city in northern Ghana
  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Wa, Ghana
  • Washington (state), US, postal abbreviation
  • State of Western Australia
  • Wa, a fictional country in Kara-Tur of the Forgotten Realms universe
  • Weimarer Ausgabe, Weimar edition of Martin Luther's works
  • The Wine Advocate, a bimonthly wine publication based in the US

Schools

  • Westford Academy, a public high school in Westford, Massachusetts, United States
  • Woodstock Academy, a public high school in Woodstock, Connecticut, United States
  • Worcester Academy, a private high school in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Technology

  • wa (watercraft), outrigger proa of the Caroline Islands
  • Write amplification

Other uses

  • Nüwa or Wa, a Chinese goddess (媧)
  • Wa (Japanese culture) (和), a Japanese social construct
  • , pronounced wa, used in conversation to mark a change in topic
  • Wa (unit), a Thai unit of measurement
  • Wa people (佤), an ethnic group in China and Myanmar
  • Wing attack, one of the positions in netball
  • MG WA, a sporting saloon
  • White Album (video game), video game