Waal

Waal (countable and uncountable, plural Waals)

1. A river, a distributary of the Rhine in Western Europe that runs through the Netherlands.
2. A surname

• IPA^(key): /ʋaːl/
• Hyphenation: Waal
• Rhymes: -aːl

From Proto-Germanic *Wahalaz, *Wahaliz, attested in Latin sources as vacalus, vahalis.

Waal m

1. the Waal; A river in the Netherlands

From Middle Dutch Wale, from Old Dutch *Wala, *Wale, from Proto-West Germanic *walh, from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner”).

Waal m

1. A Walloon person, a person from Wallonia

• Waals

Derived from a variant of wiel (“kolk lake”).

Waal n

1. A hamlet in Molenlanden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

From Middle High German wale, from Old High German wala.

• IPA^(key): /vɔːl/

Waal f (plural Waale)

1. choice
2. election

• Weeler

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