HOW TO PRONOUNCE
qua
/kwɑ/
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What does qua mean?
preposition
- as; in the capacity of; acting as
interjection
- The cawing sound of a crow.
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IPA pronunciation
/kwɑ/
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Illustrissimus Cuvier etiam narrat multa de hac re, qua ut opinor, nihil turpius potest indicari inter omnia hominibus et Quadrumanis communia.
His was the surprise of the anatomist who, studying the organ qua organ, sees for the first time an unusual conformation.
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I repeat my assertion, that no one may think I have blundered--inequality of powers is the sine qua non of equality of fortunes.
A sine qua non of the new Farm Colony is that no intoxicating liquors will be permitted within its confines on any pretext whatever.
It is hard to believe that murder, qua murder, could have been of much more interest to them than the fineness of the weather.