The twenty-third letter of the modern English alphabet, representing several consonant sounds including /w/.

A traditional Abenaki-language name for the Wabanaki peoples of northeastern North America.

The Māori plural of wahine, meaning women or wives, depending on context.

An Arabic term for an intermediary, mediation, or influential connection used to obtain access or favorable treatment.

Włochy is the Polish name for Italy, derived from the Latin 'Vulgares' referring to the common people.

An archaic or dialectal interjection expressing grief, distress, or lament.

A collective name for several Indigenous peoples in northeastern North America, especially in present-day Maine and the Canadian Maritimes.

A historic alliance of Indigenous nations in northeastern North America, traditionally comprising the Mi’kmaq, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, and Abenaki peoples.

A collective name for the Indigenous peoples and communities of the northeastern Woodlands, especially the Mi’kmaq, Wolastoqiyik, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, and Abenaki.

A historic alliance of several Indigenous nations of the northeastern woodlands, including the Mi’kmaq, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, and Abenaki peoples.

A collective name for Indigenous peoples and communities of the northeastern woodlands, especially the members of the historic Wabanaki Confederacy.

To move or cause to move unsteadily from side to side; a variant of “wobble.”

An aesthetic of austere simplicity, rustic beauty, and appreciation of imperfection, especially in Japanese art and culture.

A Japanese aesthetic that values simplicity, impermanence, imperfection, and the beauty of age.

A tropical South American tree of the genus Vouacapoua, especially Vouacapoua americana, valued for its hard timber.

A name associated with an Indigenous people, river, lake, and region in the Carolinas.

A blackwater river flowing through North Carolina and South Carolina into the Atlantic Ocean near Winyah Bay.

The name of a Native American tribal community historically associated with southeastern North Carolina.

A proper name used for lakes associated with the Waccamaw region or people of the southeastern United States.

A river in the Carolinas, especially the Waccamaw River flowing through parts of North and South Carolina.