Wausau

Wausau is a city in . While the metropolitan area has a population of around 80,000, it has a big city feel and often leads one to believe they are in a larger city.
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  • Type: City with 40,000 residents
  • Description: city in and county seat of Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States
  • Also known as: “Big Bull Falls”, “City of Wausau”, “Pah-je-tak-a-ke-ning-a-ning”, “Wassa”, “Wausau (Wisconsin)”, “Wausau, WI”, “Wausau, Wisconsin”, “Γοσάου”, and “واوسو (ويسكونسن)”
  • Postal codes: 54401-54403

Places of Interest

Highlights: Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum and Athletic Park.

Museum
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The is located in Wausau, Wisconsin.

Stadium
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is a baseball located in Wausau, Wisconsin.

Railway station
is a former passenger train station…

Wausau

Latitude
44.9598° or 44° 57′ 35″ north
Longitude
-89.6273° or 89° 37′ 38″ west
Population
40,000
Elevation
1,204 feet (367 metres)
IATA airport code
AUW
UN/LOCODE
US AUW
Open location code
86PGX95F+W3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153616558
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
5278120
Wiki­data ID
Q998675
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Wausau” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “واوسو”
  • Basque: “Wausau”
  • Bengali: “উসো”
  • Catalan: “Wausau”
  • Cebuano: “Wausau”
  • Chechen: “Восау”
  • Chinese: “沃索”
  • Czech: “Wausau”
  • Danish: “Wausau”
  • Dutch: “Wausau”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “واسا”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “واوسو”
  • Esperanto: “Wausau”
  • Finnish: “Wausau”
  • French: “Wausau”
  • German: “Wausau”
  • Gilaki: “واسا (ويسکانسين)”
  • Gilaki: “واسا”
  • Greek: “Γουασάου”
  • Gujarati: “વૌસૌ”
  • Haitian: “Wausau, Wisconsin”
  • Haitian: “Wausau”
  • Hebrew: “ווסו”
  • Hindi: “वौसाउ”
  • Hungarian: “Wausau”
  • Indonesian: “Wausau, Wisconsin”
  • Indonesian: “Wausau”
  • Irish: “Wausau”
  • Italian: “Wausau”
  • Japanese: “ウォーソー”
  • Kannada: “ವೌಸೌ”
  • Korean: “워소”
  • Ladin: “Wausau”
  • Latvian: “Vausau”
  • Lithuanian: “Vausau”
  • Malay: “Wausau”
  • Marathi: “वाऊसौ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Wausau”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wausau”
  • Norwegian: “Wausau”
  • Persian: “واسا، ویسکانسین”
  • Persian: “واسا”
  • Polish: “Wausau”
  • Portuguese: “Wausau”
  • Romanian: “Wausau, Wisconsin”
  • Romanian: “Wausau”
  • Russian: “Ваусау”
  • Russian: “Уосо”
  • Scots: “Wausau”
  • Serbian: “Восо”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Wausau, Wisconsin”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Wausau”
  • Sinhala: “වොසවු”
  • Slovak: “Wausau”
  • South Azerbaijani: “واسا، ویسکانسین”
  • Spanish: “Wausau”
  • Swedish: “Wausau, Wisconsin”
  • Swedish: “Wausau”
  • Tamil: “வௌசள”
  • Tatar: “Восау”
  • Telugu: “వాసవ్”
  • Thai: “วอซอ”
  • Turkish: “Wausau, Wisconsin”
  • Turkish: “Wausau”
  • Ukrainian: “Ваусау”
  • Ukrainian: “Восау”
  • Urdu: “واسا، وسکونسن”
  • Urdu: “واسا”
  • Uzbek: “Wausau”
  • Vietnamese: “Wausau, Wisconsin”
  • Vietnamese: “Wausau”
  • Volapük: “Wausau”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Wausau, Wisconsin”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Wausau”
  • “Wausau”

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