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WNW

Definition: WNW

WNW

Noun

1. The compass point midway between west and northwest.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Abbreviations & Acronyms: WNW

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

WNW

EnglishWest-North-WestN/A

WNW

GermanWestnordwestGeography, Transportation

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonym: WNW

Synonym: west northwest (n). (additional references)

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Photo Album: WNW

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Photographed from a Naval Air Station Anacostia airplane flying just to the south of the Washington Monument, 23 May 1919. View looks about WNW, with the Naval Hospital in the center distance. Constitution Avenue, NW, runs along the structures' northern face and 17th Street is in the foreground. Note the many World War I temporary buildings in the area to the north of Constitution Avenue. The Lincoln Memorial is in the left background, with the Reflecting Pool under construction in front of it. Credit: NAVY.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: WNW

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

wnw

11

dictionary wnw

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: WNW

Language Translations for "WNW"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Russian 

  

запад-северо-запад. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: WNW

Derivations

Words containing "WNW": downward, downwardly, downwardness, downwardnesses, downwards, downwash, downwashes, downwind, drawnwork, drawnworks, townwear. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: WNW

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

 Words containing the letters "n-w-w"
 

+3 letters: window, winnow, wowing.

 

+4 letters: lowdown, newmown, warworn, wawling, waxwing, wayworn, windows, windrow, windway, wingbow, winnows.

 

+5 letters: blowdown, downtown, downward, downwash, downwind, drawdown, lowdowns, newlywed, newshawk, showdown, slowdown, snowplow, townwear, waxwings, whipsawn, widowing, windflaw, windowed, windrows, windward, windways, wingbows, winnowed, winnower, woodwind.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: WNW


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

57 4E 57

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010111 01001110 01010111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#87 &#78 &#87

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0057 004E 0057

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

574857

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Abbreviations
7. Acronyms
8. Derivations
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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