wau

W4A1U1

noun

Digamma (Ϝ/ϝ).

OriginAncient Greek *ϝαῦ ← Latin vau ← Phoenician 𐤅 →
UncommonScrabble 6
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

wau1

nounwau (plural waus)

plural waus

  1. Digamma (Ϝ/ϝ).

Wau2

proper noun

alternative Waw · alternative Wow

  1. A town in Papua New Guinea.
  2. A city in South Sudan.

WAU3

nounWAU (plural WAUs)

plural WAUs

  1. abbreviationinitialismbusinessInitialism of weekly active user: a measurement of customer engagement, typically with an online service.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
digamma

Origin

  1. Phoenician𐤅
  2. Latinvau
  3. Ancient Greek*ϝαῦ
  4. Englishwau

From the transliteration of Ancient Greek *ϝαῦ (*waû) (reconstructed from Latin vau (/⁠wau̯⁠/)), from Phoenician 𐤅 (w /⁠wāw⁠/). Doublet of vav and waw.

More words from Ancient Greek, Latin, Phoenician

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic وَاو
  • وَاو (wāw)city in South Sudan

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

uwa
Cite this entry
APA

wau. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wau

MLA

“wau.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wau. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wau,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wau.

Source: wau on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.