WV

See also: wv and w/v

Translingual

Symbol

WV

  1. (international standards) Indeterminately reserved ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
    Synonym: VC (for general use)

Usage notes

This is an indeterminately reserved code, included as part of ISO 3166-1 due to its use in designating road vehicles under the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic, and is not endorsed for general use by the ISO. The general-purpose code for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is VC.

English

Proper noun

WV

  1. (postal) Initialism of West Virginia: a state of the United States.
    • 2010 September 10, Dan Whitworth, “Xbox apologises over 'gay' suspension”, in BBC[1]:
      He said: "Some took the phrase 'fort gay WV' and believed that the individual who had that was trying to offend.
  2. Misspelling of VW.

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German

Noun

WV f (genitive WV, plural WVen)

  1. abbreviation of Wiedervorlage
  2. abbreviation of Wirtschaftsvereinigung

Declension