Wallis

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwɒlɪs/ Rhymes: -ɒlɪs Homophone: Wallace === Etymology 1 === (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. ==== Proper noun ==== Wallis (countable and uncountable, plural Wallises) An English ethnic surname transferred from the nickname for someone with Welsh ancestry. A female given name. An unincorporated community in Forrest County, Mississippi, United States. A city in Austin County, Texas, United States, named after railroad director J. E. Wallis. A hamlet in Ambleston community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN0125). ===== Derived terms ===== Wallis and Futuna Wallis Lake Wallis-Zieff-Goldblatt syndrome ==== See also ==== Wallace === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from German Wallis. ==== Proper noun ==== Wallis A canton of Switzerland (the German name) Synonyms: canton of Wallis, (the French name) Valais, canton of Valais ===== Translations ===== == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvalɪs/ === Etymology 1 === Ultimately from Latin vallis. ==== Proper noun ==== das Wallis n (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Wallis) Valais (a canton of Switzerland) Synonyms: Kanton Wallis, (officialese) Staat Wallis ===== Meronyms ===== Unterwallis, Mittelwallis, Oberwallis ===== Derived terms ===== Walliser Walser wallisisch ===== Related terms ===== Walliserland ==== See also ==== === Etymology 2 === From English Wales, perhaps influenced by etymology 1 above. ==== Proper noun ==== Wallis n (proper noun, genitive Wallis' or (with an article) Wallis) (obsolete) Wales (a constituent country of the United Kingdom) Synonym: Wales ===== Derived terms ===== wallisisch == Luxembourgish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French valise. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvɑlis/ === Noun === Wallis f (plural Wallissen) suitcase