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qua
[kwey, kwah] 
–adverb
| as; as being; in the character or capacity of: The work of art qua art can be judged by aesthetic criteria only. |
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| qua (kwā, kwä) prep. In the capacity or character of; as: The President qua head of the party mediated the dispute. [Latin quā, feminine ablative sing. of quī, who; see kwo- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Qua
Qua\, conj. [L., abl. of qui who.] In so far as; in the capacity or character of; as. It is with Shelley's biographers qua biographers that we have to deal. --London Spectator.
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Language Translation for : qua
Spanish:
de aquí,
German:
von hier,
Japanese:
ここから
qua
"as, in the capacity of," 1647, from L. qua, abl. sing. fem. of qui "who," from PIE *kwo-, stem of relative and interrogative pronouns (cf. O.E. hwa "who," hwæt "what;" Goth. hvas "who;" Gk. posos "how much?").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: qua
Pronunciation: 'kwä, 'kwA
Function: preposition
Etymology: Latin, which way, as, from ablative singular feminine of qui who
: in the capacity or character of qua stockholder>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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