Definitions for qua

qua qua

Spelling: [kwey, kwah]
IPA: /kweɪ, kwɑ/

Qua is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 9 anagrams from letters in qua (aqu).

Definitions for qua

adverb

  1. as; as being; in the character or capacity of:

Origin of qua

1640-50; Latin quā feminine ablative singular of quī who

Examples for qua

Satire is very often "naughty," and "naughtiness" is to a good many, qua naughtiness, "nice."

Satura quidem tota nostra est, in qua primus insignem laudem adeptus Lucilius.

Me Parnassi deserta per ardua dulcis Raptat amor: juvat ire jugis, qua nulla priorum Castaliam molli divertitur orbita clivo.

They hated Englishmen, qua Englishmen, and made no secret of it.

Petrarch says: "Adri in litore, ea ferme tate, qua tu ibi agebas cum antiquo plag illius domino eius avo qui nunc prsidet."

Mundus est la garanne au diable in qua venatur ut capiat animas, et tendit ibi laqueos infinitos.

But, strictly speaking, this is not a binding of the Will qua Will.

When I say “we,” I mean mankind generally, for things may exist qua one man and not qua another.

Some brave men are selected to act as "qua," part of whom, however, 344 are members of the society.

The leader of the qua or Singers was himself the only one who acted as qua, when called on to serve the Haga.

Word Value for qua
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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