Wall

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.

Wall (countable and uncountable, plural Walls)

1. A surname.
   • 2020 June 10, Ashley Vaughan, “This teenage martial artist creates videos to help superhero seniors stay active while in quarantine”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, Wall taught karate at a local nursing home.

2. A place in England:
   1. A village in Gwinear-Gwithian parish, south-west Cornwall (OS grid ref SW6036).^[1]
   2. A village and civil parish in south Northumberland (OS grid ref NY9169); part of Hadrian's Wall is in the parish.^[2]
   3. A village and civil parish in the City of Lichfield district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK0906).^[3]
3. A place in the United States:
   1. A township in Monmouth County, New Jersey.
   2. A borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
   3. A town in Pennington County, South Dakota.
   4. An unincorporated community in Tom Green County, Texas.

See wall.

the Wall

1. (history, slang) the Berlin Wall.
2. (slang) the Trump Wall.
3. (slang) the Great Wall of China.

Calque of Mandarin 壁宿 (Bìxiù).

Wall

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

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

• lawl

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

• IPA^(key): /val/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -al

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

• Befestigungswall, Ringwall, Schutzwall, Verteidigungswall

• “Wall” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache