Wallia
English
Alternative forms
- Walha
Proper noun
Wallia (plural Wallias)
- A historic king of the Visigoths.
- (rare) A male given name from Gothic.
Translations
king of Visigoths
Further reading
French
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wa.lja/
Proper noun
Wallia m
- Wallia (Visigothic ruler)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Wallia
German
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Wallia m (proper noun, strong, genitive Wallias)
- Wallia (Visigothic ruler)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Wallia
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From wallus, from Old English wealh (“Celt; Welsh person”) + Latin -ia.
Proper noun
Wallia f sg (genitive Walliae); first declension
- (Medieval Latin) Wales (a medieval principality and region of the Kingdom of England)
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Wallia |
| genitive | Walliae |
| dative | Walliae |
| accusative | Walliam |
| ablative | Walliā |
| vocative | Wallia |
| locative | Walliae |
Related terms
- Wallēnsis
- wallicus
Descendants
- → Welsh: Gwalia
References
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “Wallia”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC