Wake

== English == === Etymology === English and Scottish surname from Old Norse vakr (“vigilant, wakeful”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈweɪk/ enPR: wāk Homophone: wake === Proper noun === Wake A surname. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Wake. Ellipsis of Wake County. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Wake. Ellipsis of Wake Island. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Wake. ==== Derived terms ==== Wake County Wake Island, Wake's Island, Wake Islander Wakes Colne === Further reading === Facing Fearful Odds: The Siege of Wake Island." Gregory J.W. Urwin, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2002 Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Wake”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎[6], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 2053, column 2 Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Wake”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎[7], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3398, column 1 === Anagrams === weak, weka == German == === Etymology === 17th century, from Middle Low German wāke, from Proto-Germanic *wakwō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvaːkə/ === Noun === Wake f (genitive Wake, plural Waken) a naturally formed open spot in the ice cover of a body of water ==== Declension ====