Wau

See also: wau, wa'u, and wau'

English

Alternative forms
  • (a city in South Sudan) Waw, Wow

Etymology

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Proper noun

Wau

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

Translations

Anagrams

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German wouw, woude, cognate to English weld, from Proto-Germanic *walþijō, *walþō, from Proto-Germanic *walþuz (“forest”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vaʊ̯/
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  • Rhymes: -aʊ̯

Noun

Wau m (strong, genitive Waues or Waus, plural Waue)

  1. reseda (Reseda gen. et spp.) – usually specifically one which colours as opposed to one which ornaments, else Reseda
    Synonym: Gelbkraut

Declension
Declension of Wau [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Wau die Waue
genitive eines des Waues, Waus der Waue
dative einem dem Wau, Waue1 den Wauen
accusative einen den Wau die Waue

1Now uncommon, see notes.

References
  • “Wau” in Duden online
  • “Wau” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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