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pawa

name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

name

Meaning 1

A barangay of Burauen, Leyte, Philippines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: New-Zealand

Examples

  • 1912, Katherine Mansfield, The Woman at the Store, from "Selected Short Stories" One little patch was divided off by pawa shells [...]

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History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: abaloni — edible univalve mollusc
  • Finnish: punamerikorva — edible univalve mollusc
  • French: ormeau — edible univalve mollusc
  • French: haliotide — edible univalve mollusc
  • French: paua — edible univalve mollusc
  • German: Abalone — edible univalve mollusc
  • Japanese: 鮑 (awabi) — edible univalve mollusc
  • Japanese: パウア貝 (paua gai) — edible univalve mollusc
  • Malay: abalon — edible univalve mollusc
  • Māori: pāua — edible univalve mollusc
  • Central Sierra Miwok: hásˑyny- — edible univalve mollusc
  • Polish: słuchotka — edible univalve mollusc
  • Polish: ucho morskie — edible univalve mollusc
  • Russian: па́уа (páua) — edible univalve mollusc
  • Russian: абало́н (abalón) — edible univalve mollusc
  • Russian: морско́е у́шко (morskóje úško) — edible univalve mollusc
  • Spanish: oreja de mar — edible univalve mollusc
  • Spanish: abulón — edible univalve mollusc