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# How to pronounce "vaw" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/vɔː/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **vaw**

## Meaning & Usage

### NOUN
- Initialism of violence against women.

### Example Sentences
- "VAWA provides for a significant chunk of change."
- "VAWA. You know what that is?"

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "vaw" in real conversation:

### Example 1
*Accent: US*
> "To start with, I want you to draft the RFPs that we sent to the tribes. VAWA provides for a significant chunk of change. VAWA. You know what that is?"
- **Watch at 24:00**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhTqY7PAZ0I&t=1440s)

### Example 2
*Accent: US*
> "VAWA. You know what that is?"
- **Watch at 24:04**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhTqY7PAZ0I&t=1444s)

### Example 3
*Accent: US*
> "-VAWA. -I made my position clear."
- **Watch at 41:30**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhTqY7PAZ0I&t=2490s)

### Example 4
*Accent: US*
> "-VAWA's making me a popular man."
- **Watch at 65:02**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhTqY7PAZ0I&t=3902s)

### Example 5
*Accent: US*
> "-VAWA 2013 is just the start."
- **Watch at 87:41**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhTqY7PAZ0I&t=5261s)

### Example 6
*Accent: US*
> "-VAWA is a miracle."
- **Watch at 87:58**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhTqY7PAZ0I&t=5278s)

### Example 7
*Accent: US*
> "The VAWA being signed today would have allowed my tribe to arrest and prosecute my abuser."
- **Watch at 85:25**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhTqY7PAZ0I&t=5125s)

### Example 8
> "As Morgan Vawter of Unilever put it in the forward to my book, "The AI Playbook," "Machine learning's practical deployment"
- **Watch at 1:39**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnVk6ztz6Bs&t=99s)

### Example 9
*Accent: US*
> "The recent VAWA reauthorization also included some, I guess,"
- **Watch at 101:30**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NsJosuVBfU&t=6090s)

### Example 10
*Accent: US*
> "Isn't that what VAWA's about?"
- **Watch at 51:16**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhTqY7PAZ0I&t=3076s)


## How to Pronounce "vaw"

- **Syllables**: vaw
- **IPA**: `/vɔː/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Pronunciations

[vab](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/vab), [vac](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/vac), [vad](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/vad), [vaad](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/vaad), [vaas](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/vaas), [vaav](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/vaav), [vabs](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/vabs), [vaca](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/vaca)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “vaw”?
“vaw” is pronounced /vɔː/ (vaw). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### What does “vaw” mean?
Initialism of violence against women.

### How can I hear “vaw” used in real sentences?
This page has 15 real-world video examples of “vaw” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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