Wall

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.

Wall

1. A surname​.

A translation of Mandarin Chinese 壁宿 (Bìxiù)

Wall

1. (astronomy) A Chinese constellation located near Pegasus and Andromeda, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the larger Black Turtle.

• lawl

From Middle High German, from Latin vallum. Cognate with English wall.

• IPA^(key): /val/
• Rhymes: -al

Wall m (genitive Walls or Walles, plural Wälle)

1. (military) rampart, parapet, earthwork
2. (engineering) levee, embankment
3. (geography) ridge

• (military): Schanze
• (engineering): Damm
• (geography): Kamm