Wall

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) A surname.
2. (countable, uncountable) A place in England:
3. (countable, uncountable) A place in England:
4. (countable, uncountable) A place in England:
5. (countable, uncountable) A place in the United States:
6. (countable, uncountable) A place in the United States:
7. (countable, uncountable) A place in the United States:
8. (countable, uncountable) A place in the United States:

Synonyms

barrier

separation barrier

Translations

Wall

barrière

mur

Dongbi

barrière de séparation

Wall

barrera

barrera de separación

حاجز؛ جدار الفصل

Duvar

Etymology

Inherited from Old English: wælisc

Inherited from Middle English: wall

Inherited from Old English: weall

In summary

Of various origins, principally from Old English wælisc etc. ("non-Germanic speaker, stranger") from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner, stranger”), the source of numerous other surnames such as Walsh and Wales and from Middle English wall, from Old English weall (“wall, dike, rampart”), from Proto-Germanic *wallaz or *wallą (“wall, rampart”), from Latin vallum (“wall, rampart, palisade”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn, wind, roll”). Also from transcribed foreign surnames such as German Wahl and Swedish Wahlberg.