8723 abbreviations
Abbreviation Meaning
VV&A Verification, Validation & Accreditation
VVAF Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation
VW Volkswagen
VZ Verizon Communications (NYSE code)
vzw vereniging zonder winstoogmerk (Dutch "non-profit organisation")
w/ With: Software w/Documentation. Typically used in advertising or to abbreviate headings. Never used in formal body text. (North America)
W Tungsten (from German Wolfram)
W Watt
W West
W/O Without: Software w/o Documentation
w/o Weight per cent
wa Walloon language (ISO 639-1 code)
WA Namibia (FIPS 10-4 country code; from West Africa)
WA Washington state (postal symbol)
WA Western Australia (postal symbol)
WA World Archery (Federation)
WAAC Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (Britain) (World War
WAAF Women's Auxiliary Air Force (World War
WAC Western Athletic Conference
WAC Women's Auxiliary Corps (World War
WAC Women's Army Corps (World War
WACC Weighted Average Cost of Capital (accounting)
WACS What-A-Cartoon! Show
WAD Weapons Alert Designator
WAGGGS World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
WAGs Wives And Girlfriends (most notably of England national football team players at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, although the term existed earlier)
WAK Wake Island (ISO 3166 trigram, obsolete 1986)
WAL Wales (FIFA trigram; not eligible for an ISO 3166 or IOC trigram)
WAN Wide area network
WAP Wireless Application Protocol
WAPIMA What a pain in my ass
WAsP Short form of WAAAAP (Wind Atlas Analysis and Application Program)
WASP White Anglo-Saxon Protestant
WASP Wide Angle Search for Planets
WAYP White And Yellow Pages
Wb Weber
WB Warner Bros.
WB Welcome Back (Internet shorthand)
WBA Warner Bros. Animation
WBA West Bromwich Albion (F.C.)
WBA World Boxing Association
WBC World Boxing Council
WBE Work Breakdown Element
WBO World Boxing Organization
WC Winston Churchill
WC World Cup (sports)
WC Water Closet
WCBO World Chess Boxing Organisation
WCBP World Center for Birds of Prey
WCL World Confederation of Labour