Why Is Wawa Called Wawa?

Source: Mental Floss

Author: Nitya Rao

Why is Wawa called Wawa? From its origins as a Pennsylvania dairy farm to its unexpected connection to an Indigenous word for "goose," here is the backstory of the iconic convenience store chain.

To the uninitiated, "Wawa" might sound like a toddlers cry for a drink of water. But to anyone living on the East Coast and now the Midwest the name signifies something different: a holy land of coff… [+3383 chars]