Wallis
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English[edit]
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Etymology 1[edit]
- (surname): The surname is an Old English byname for a Welshman or Breton, from Old French waleis (“foreign”). The Welsh hamlet may be derived from this.
Proper noun[edit]
Wallis (countable and uncountable, plural Wallises)
- An English ethnic surname transferred from the nickname for someone with Welsh ancestry.
- A female given name
- An unincorporated community in Forrest County, Mississippi, United States.
- A city in Austin County, Texas, United States, named after railroad director J. E. Wallis.
- A hamlet in Ambleston community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN0125).
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Etymology 2[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Wallis
- A canton of Switzerland (the German name)
- Synonyms: canton of Wallis, (the French name) Valais, canton of Valais
Translations[edit]
canton of Switzerland — see Valais
German[edit]
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Etymology 1[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
das Wallis n (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Wallis)
- Valais (a canton of Switzerland)
- Synonyms: Kanton Wallis, (officialese) Staat Wallis
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See also[edit]
- (cantons of Switzerland) Schweizer Kantone; Aargau, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Freiburg, Genf, Glarus, Graubünden, Jura, Luzern, Neuenburg, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, St. Gallen, Tessin, Thurgau, Uri, Waadt, Wallis, Zug, Zürich (Category: de:Cantons of Switzerland)
Etymology 2[edit]
From English Wales, perhaps influenced by etymology 1 above.
Proper noun[edit]
Wallis n (proper noun, genitive Wallis' or (with an article) Wallis)
- (obsolete) Wales (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)
- Synonym: Wales
Luxembourgish[edit]
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Noun[edit]
Wallis f (plural Wallissen)
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