BW

See also: bw, .bw, b/w, bw., and Bw.

Translingual

Symbol

BW

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Botswana.

   Synonym: BWA (alpha-3)

English

Noun

BW (plural BWs)

1. Initialism of bench warrant.
2. bearing wall
3. Initialism of biological warfare.
   • 1987 May 9, Kim Westheimer, “NY Heats Up for AIDS Demos”, in Gay Community News, page 7:

     They believe that the AIDS virus, rather than being a product of U.S. BW research, was engineered by Soviet-instigated cancer research experiments and then spread with Soviet complicity to attack the U.S. population.

Proper noun

BW

1. Initialism of Baden-Württemberg, a federal state of Germany.
2. (fandom slang) Initialism of Pokémon Black and White.

Anagrams

• WB, wb

German

Noun

BW f (genitive BW, no plural)

1. Initialism of Baumwolle

Noun

BW n (genitive BWs, plural BW)

1. (linguistics) Initialism of Bestimmungswort

   Antonym: GW

2. (trains) Initialism of Bahnbetriebswerk

   Synonym: Bw

Proper noun

BW f (proper noun, genitive BW)

1. Initialism of Bundeswehr

Proper noun

BW n (proper noun, strong, genitive BWs)

1. Initialism of Baden-Württemberg