QUA

Etymology 1

Preposition

qua

as; in the capacity of

Etymology 2

Imitative.

Interjection

qua

The cawing sound of a crow.

Anagrams

• QAU, UAQ

Source: Wiktionary


Qua, conj. Etym: [L., abl. of qui who.]

Definition: In so far as; in the capacity or character of; as. It is with Shelley's biographers qua biographers that we have to deal. London Spectator.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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