Wall

See also: wall and wall-

English

Etymology 1

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.

Proper noun

Wall (countable and uncountable, plural Walls)

  1. A surname.
  2. A placename
    1. A village in Gwinear-Gwithian parish, south-west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SW6036). [1]
    2. A village and civil parish in south Northumberland, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref NY9169); part of Hadrian's Wall is in the parish.
    3. A village and civil parish in the City of Lichfield district, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SK0906).
    4. A borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.
    5. A town in Pennington County, South Dakota, United States.
    6. An unincorporated community in Tom Green County, Texas, United States.
  3. (history, slang) the Berlin Wall.
  4. (slang) the Trump Wall.
  5. (slang) the Great Wall of China.

Etymology 2

Calque of Mandarin 壁宿 (Bìxiù).

Proper noun

Wall

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

Statistics
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Wall is the 631st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 53,794 individuals. Wall is most common among White (86.10%) individuals.

References
  1. OS: Cornwall

See also

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Middle High German [Term?], from Latin vallum. Cognate with English wall.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /val/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -al

Noun

Wall m (strong, genitive Walles or Walls, plural Wälle)

  1. (military) rampart, parapet, earthwork
    Synonym: Schanze
  2. (engineering) levee, embankment
    Synonym: Damm
  3. (geography) ridge
    Synonym: Kamm

Declension
Declension of Wall [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Wall die Wälle
genitive eines des Walles, Walls der Wälle
dative einem dem Wall, Walle1 den Wällen
accusative einen den Wall die Wälle

1Now uncommon, see notes.

Further reading
  • “Wall” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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