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Etymology 1
Old English wæsp.
Noun
wasp (plural: wasps)
- Any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet or bee
Translations
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Bosnian: osa#Bosnian|osa f
Bulgarian: о�а
Chinese: zh-ts|��|�� (huángf�ng)
Croatian: osa#Croatian|osa f
Czech: vosa f
Danish: hveps
Dutch: wesp f
Esperanto: vespo
Estonian: herilane
Finnish: ampiainen
French: guêpe f
German: Wespe f
Greek: t|el|��ήκα|f
Hebrew: צרע� f
Hungarian: darázs
Italian: vespa f
Japanese: �� (�����, suzumebachi)
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Latin: vespa f
Lithuanian: vapsva f, širš� f, širšuolis m (Vespa crabro)
Mongolian: мо�ин зөгий
Norwegian: veps m
Old English: wæsp m
Polish: osa f
Romanian: viespe f
Russian: о�а /osá/ f
Scottish Gaelic: speach f
Serbian:
Slovene: osa f
Swedish: geting c
Spanish: avispa f
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Etymology 2
Originally an acronym for White Anglo-Saxon protestant|Protestant.
Noun
wasp (plural: wasps)
- A member of the dominant American upper-class culture, a white Anglo-Saxon protestant.
See also
cracker
honky
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