qua

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qua

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.0.1) - Cite This Source
qua
Pronunciation Key
Pronunciation[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.
[Origin: 1640–50; < style="FONT-VARIANT: small-caps" href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=who">who]
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.0.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

qua
Pronunciation[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.
[Origin: 1640–50; < style="FONT-VARIANT: small-caps" href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=who">who]
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.0.1)Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

American Heritage Dictionary
qua (kw, kwä) Pronunciation Key
prep.
In the capacity or character of; as: The President qua head of the party mediated the dispute. [Latin qu, feminine ablative sing. of qu, who. See kwo- in Indo-European Roots.]

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source
qua
preposition
Etymology: Latin, which way, as, from ablative singular feminine of qui who: in the capacity or character of


Two dictionaries define it as an adverb, and 2 define it as a preposition.
Some kind of latin lawyerese or something.
I've heard of quo, like quo vadis, but never ever have I heard of qua.

Now I have.