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Wall.

A surname.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name

  1. A surname.

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  2. A place in England: A village in Gwinear-Gwithian parish, south-west Cornwall (OS grid ref SW6036).

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  3. A place in England: A village and civil parish in south Northumberland (OS grid ref NY9169); part of Hadrian's Wall is in the parish.

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  4. A place in England: A village and civil parish in the City of Lichfield district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK0906).

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  5. A place in the United States: A township in Monmouth County, New Jersey.

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  6. A place in the United States: A borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

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  7. A place in the United States: A town in Pennington County, South Dakota.

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  8. A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Tom Green County, Texas.

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Where this word comes from

Of various origins, principally from Old English wælisc etc. ("non-Germanic speaker, stranger") from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner, stranger”), the source of numerous other surnames such as Walsh and Wales and from Middle English wall, from Old English weall (“wall, dike, rampart”), from Proto-Germanic *wallaz or *wallą (“wall, rampart”), from Latin vallum (“wall, rampart, palisade”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn, wind, roll”). Also from transcribed foreign surnames such as German Wahl and Swedish Wahlberg.

name

  1. The Berlin Wall.

    slang

  2. The Trump Wall.

    slang

  3. The Great Wall of China.

    slang
Where this word comes from

See wall.

name

  1. A Chinese constellation located near Pegasus and Andromeda, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the larger Black Turtle.

Where this word comes from

Calque of Mandarin 壁宿 (Bìxiù).

name

  1. A diminutive of the male given names Waldo, Walter, Wallabee, and Wallace.

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