WA

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WA, Wa or wa may mean:

In places:

• Washington, a U.S. state
• Western Australia, an Australian state
• Wa State, a de facto independent state in Burma
• Wa, Ghana, a city in northern Ghana
• Wa (Forgotten Realms), a fictional country in Kara-Tur, of the Forgotten Realms universe
• Westminster Academy, a classical Christian school in Memphis, Tennessee
• Woodstock Academy, a public high school in Woodstock, Connecticut
• Worcester Academy, a private high school in Worcester, Massachusetts
• Westford Academy, a public high school in Westford, Massachusetts.

In culture:

• Wa (Japan), an old Chinese name for Japan
• Wa (Japanese), (和 meaning "harmony") a Japanese value to respect consensus over competition
• Romanisation of the Japanese kana わ and ワ
• Va people (佤), an ethnic group in China and Myanmar
• Walloon language (ISO 639 alpha-2, wa)

In media:

• Wa (album), an album from Cameroonian artist Henri Dikongué
• Wild Arms, a PlayStation role-playing game
• Worms Armageddon, a turn-based strategy computer game
• Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Winter Assault, a strategy game
• Winamp, Windows multimedia player

WA may also refer to:

• The Wassenaar Arrangement, an arms control arrangement
• Western Arms, a Japan-based airsoft manufacturer
• KLM Cityhopper (IATA airline designator)
• Western Airlines (IATA airline designator) (defunct)
• With Authority, an online card game