GW

See also: gw and .gw

Translingual

Etymology 1

Symbol

GW

1. (metrology) Symbol for gigawatt, an SI unit of power equal to 10⁹ watts.

Derived terms

• GWh (gigawatt hour)

Etymology 2

Symbol

GW

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Guinea-Bissau.

   Synonym: GNB (alpha-3)

English

Proper noun

GW

1. Abbreviation of George Washington University.
2. (Japan) Abbreviation of Golden Week.
3. Initialism of George Washington.
4. Initialism of George W. Bush.

Synonyms

• (George Washington University): GWU
• (George W. Bush): W., GWB, Dubya, GBII, GB2, GB Jr., 43

Noun

GW (plural GWs)

1. (astronomy, astrophysics, physics) Initialism of gravitational wave.

See also

• gravitational wave on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• George Washington University on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• George Washington on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• George W. Bush on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Japanese

Noun

GW(ゴールデンウィーク) • (Gōruden Wīku) 

1. Abbreviation of ゴールデンウィーク: Golden Week

   GW(ゴールデンウィーク)初(しょ)日(にち) ― Gōruden Wīku shonichi ― the first day of Golden Week