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wa

nounnounnouninterjectioncommon in dialogue

A traditional proa-style outrigger canoe of the Caroline Islands.

noun

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    A traditional proa-style outrigger canoe of the Caroline Islands.

noun

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    A Thai unit of length, traditionally comparable to a fathom, and now officially equal to two metres.

Etymology

From Thai วา (waa).

noun

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    In Japanese society, the favouring of a harmonious community over one's personal interests.

Etymology

From Japanese 和 (wa).

interjection

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    Variant of waaAlternative form of waa.

    "The best thing to happen to Dannii's career was that my mother hated her," tweeted Kelly. "[…] Dannii you are so lucky that I respect Simon enough to not tell the truth about what really happened. wa wa wa you poor middle aged victum [sic]."

    Wa wa wa: 'When you're young, that sounds so old. When you're in high school or even when you're in your early 20s, it still sounds like, "By the time I'm 30, I should just give up."' the siren, who has been guest starring on The New Girl, said

    “Wa wa wa wa, wa wa wa wa wa wa wawaaaaaaaaaaaa,” [Paige] Thompson responded, and later added, “I just don’t want it around though. I gotta find somewhere to store it.”

    'If you live in a building then you know a lot of times the freight elevator is not open over the weekend, even if you are an Olsen twin and worth over $250 million they are not going to open it up for you. / 'Wa wa wa,' she said.

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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).