Wall
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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)
- A surname.
- A place in England:
- A village in Gwinear-Gwithian parish, south-west Cornwall (OS grid ref SW6036). [1]
- A village and civil parish in south Northumberland (OS grid ref NY9169); part of Hadrian's Wall is in the parish. [2]
- A village and civil parish in the City of Lichfield district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK0906). [3]
- A place in the United States:
- A township in Monmouth County, New Jersey.
- A borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
- A town in Pennington County, South Dakota.
- An unincorporated community in Tom Green County, Texas.
Etymology 2
See wall.
Proper noun
the Wall
- (history, slang) the Berlin Wall.
- (slang) the Trump Wall.
- (slang) the Great Wall of China.
Etymology 3
Calque of Mandarin 壁宿 (Bìxiù).
Proper noun
Wall
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.
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