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Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈwɒlɪs/ Forms: Wallises [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒlɪs Etymology: * (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. Etymology templates: {{sense|surname}} (surname):, {{der|en|fro|waleis||foreign}} Old French waleis (“foreign”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|es}} Wallis (countable and uncountable, plural Wallises)
  1. An English ethnic surname transferred from the nickname for someone with Welsh ancestry. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Wallis-en-name-1qAgD--g Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A female given name. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names
    Sense id: en-Wallis-en-name-b1svBRzJ
  3. An unincorporated community in Forrest County, Mississippi, United States. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Mississippi, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Mississippi, USA
    Sense id: en-Wallis-en-name-2VtElMbA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 5 40 42 5 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 5 5 37 38 5 1 3 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 3 39 40 5 1 3 5
  4. A city in Austin County, Texas, United States, named after railroad director J. E. Wallis. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Cities in Texas, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Texas, USA, Places in the United States Derived forms: Wallis and Futuna, Wallis-Zieff-Goldblatt syndrome Related terms: Wallace
    Sense id: en-Wallis-en-name-oaH3OLK2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 5 40 42 5 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 5 5 37 38 5 1 3 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 3 39 40 5 1 3 5
  5. A hamlet in Ambleston community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN0125). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Pembrokeshire, Wales, Places in Wales, Villages in Pembrokeshire, Wales, Villages in Wales
    Sense id: en-Wallis-en-name-iBSgRBU~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈwɒlɪs/
Rhymes: -ɒlɪs Etymology: Borrowed from German Wallis. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|de|Wallis}} Borrowed from German Wallis Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Wallis
  1. A canton of Switzerland (the German name) Categories (place): Cantons of Switzerland, Places in Switzerland Synonyms: canton of Wallis, Valais (english: the French name), canton of Valais
    Sense id: en-Wallis-en-name-O5Kbhxkn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name [German]

IPA: /ˈvalɪs/ Audio: De-Wallis2.ogg , De-Wallis.ogg Forms: das Wallis [canonical, neuter], des Wallis [definite, genitive]
Etymology: Ultimately from Latin vallis. Etymology templates: {{der|de|la|vallis}} Latin vallis Head templates: {{de-proper noun|n,-.article}} das Wallis n (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Wallis)
  1. Valais (a canton of Switzerland) Tags: definite, proper-noun, strong, usually Categories (place): Cantons of Switzerland, Places in Switzerland, Cantons of Switzerland Synonyms: Kanton Wallis, Staat Wallis [bureaucratese] [officialese, government] Meronyms: Unterwallis, Mittelwallis, Oberwallis Derived forms: Walliser, Walser, wallisisch
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name [German]

IPA: /ˈvalɪs/ Audio: De-Wallis2.ogg , De-Wallis.ogg Forms: Wallis' [genitive], Wallis [genitive]
Etymology: From English Wales, perhaps influenced by etymology 1 above. Etymology templates: {{der|de|en|Wales}} English Wales Head templates: {{de-proper noun|toponym}} Wallis n (proper noun, genitive Wallis' or (with an article) Wallis)
  1. (obsolete) Wales (a constituent country of the United Kingdom) Tags: neuter, obsolete, proper-noun Categories (place): Places in the United Kingdom Synonyms: Wales
    Sense id: en-Wallis-de-name-~1Mb4fN7 Categories (other): Constituent countries of the United Kingdom, Wales, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Luxembourgish]

IPA: /ˈvɑlis/ Forms: Wallissen [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French valise. Etymology templates: {{bor|lb|fr|valise}} French valise Head templates: {{lb-noun|f|Wallissen}} Wallis f (plural Wallissen)
  1. suitcase Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Containers
    Sense id: en-Wallis-lb-noun-mBemQWfl Categories (other): Luxembourgish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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