Wall
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A surname.
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A surname.
Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, Wall taught karate at a local nursing home.
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A place in England: A village in Gwinear-Gwithian parish, south-west Cornwall (OS grid ref SW6036).
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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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A place in England: A village and civil parish in the City of Lichfield district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK0906).
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A place in the United States: A township in Monmouth County, New Jersey.
The new yearbooks at Wall Township High School in Wall, New Jersey – with the original, unaltered photos – will be available for students to pick up in about two weeks, Cheryl Dyer, the superintendent of Wall Township schools, said in a letter to students and parents.
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A place in the United States: A borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
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A place in the United States: A town in Pennington County, South Dakota.
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A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Tom Green County, Texas.
Etymology
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.
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slangThe Berlin Wall.
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slangThe Trump Wall.
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slangThe Great Wall of China.
Etymology
See wall.
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A Chinese constellation located near Pegasus and Andromeda, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the larger Black Turtle.
Etymology
Calque of Mandarin 壁宿 (Bìxiù).
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A diminutive of the male given names Waldo, Walter, Wallabee, or Wallace.
Forms
- plural
- Walls