WA explained

Wa or WA may refer to:

Businesses and organizations

• 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
• "World Archery", brand name of the World Archery Federation
• KLM Cityhopper (IATA airline designator WA)

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

Elsewhere

• 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

Print media

• 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