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Wall

The English word “Wall” has 5 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. An unincorporated community in Tom Green County, Texas.
  2. The Berlin Wall.
  3. The Trump Wall.
  4. The Great Wall of China.
  5. A Chinese constellation located near Pegasus and Andromeda, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the larger Black Turtle.

Etymology

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…

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