Wallis

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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 1

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  • (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.

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Wallis (countable and uncountable, plural Wallises)

  1. An English ethnic surname transferred from the nickname for someone with Welsh ancestry.
  2. A female given name
  3. An unincorporated community in Forrest County, Mississippi, United States.
  4. A city in Austin County, Texas, United States, named after railroad director J. E. Wallis.
  5. A hamlet in Ambleston community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN0125).
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Etymology 2

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 Canton of Wallis on Wikipedia
canton of Wallis

Borrowed from German Wallis.

Proper noun

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Wallis

  1. A canton of Switzerland (the German name)
    Synonyms: canton of Wallis, (the French name) Valais, canton of Valais
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German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvalɪs/
  • Audio (Berlin); [ˈvälɪs]:(file)
  • Audio (Switzerland); [ˈʋɑlis]:(file)

Etymology 1

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German Wikipedia has an article on:
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Kanton Wallis

Ultimately from Latin vallis.

Proper noun

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das Wallis n (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Wallis)

  1. Valais (a canton of Switzerland)
    Synonyms: Kanton Wallis, (officialese) Staat Wallis
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Etymology 2

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From English Wales, perhaps influenced by etymology 1 above.

Proper noun

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Wallis n (proper noun, genitive Wallis' or (with an article) Wallis)

  1. (obsolete) Wales (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)
    Synonym: Wales

Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French valise.

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Noun

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Wallis f (plural Wallissen)

  1. suitcase