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| Language | Expression | English Translation or Definition |
| Anatolian | hawa | a sheep. |
| Bengali (Transliterated) | hawA | become. |
| Cebuano | hawa | go away, retire. |
| Indonesian | hawa | climate. |
| Itbayaten | hawa | ocean, sea. |
| Ivatan | hawa | ocean, sea. |
| Kwere | hawa | steel. |
| Lebanese | hawa | air. |
| Malay | hawa | climate, air, weather, atmosphere. |
| Maori | hawa | filth, gill, sordid. |
| Nepali (Transliterated) | hawa | air. |
| Pashto (Northern/Transliterated) | hawa | wind. |
| Quechua | hawa | cover, next, above, after, on, sky, because of, top, out, outside, over, peak, surface, upper part. |
| Ruguru | hawa | armpit. |
| Swahili | hawa | love, eve, concubine, attraction, desire, longing, lust, these, this, yearning. |
| Turkmen | hawa | yes. |
| Urdu (Transliterated) | hawa | air. |
Source: compiled by the editor from the definition of air; see credits. | ||
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