Meaning

noun the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)

noun an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii

noun the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward

originA merger of two verbs of related/similar form and meaning: * Middle English waken, Old English wacan, from Proto-West Germanic *wakan, from Proto-Germanic *wakaną. * Middle English wakien, Old English wacian, from Proto-West Germanic *wakēn, from Proto-Germanic *wakāną.

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