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. Initialism of George Washington.
2. Abbreviation of George Washington University.

   Synonym: GWU

3. (Japan) Abbreviation of Golden Week.
4. Initialism of George W. Bush.

   Synonyms: GWB, GBII, GB2, GB Jr., Dubya, W., 43

Noun

GW (plural GWs)

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

   Coordinate terms: CW, HW, LW, SW, UGW

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)初はつ(しょ)日ひ(にち) ― Gōruden Wīku shonichi ― the first day of Golden Week