"Wallis" meaning in German

See Wallis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

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
    Sense id: en-Wallis-de-name-bD9OlkRB Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Related terms: Walliserland, 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, Zug, Zürich
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

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): Constituent countries of the United Kingdom, Places in the United Kingdom, Wales Synonyms: Wales
    Sense id: en-Wallis-de-name-~1Mb4fN7 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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