Waal
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English
Proper noun
Waal (countable and uncountable, plural Waals)
- A river, a distributary of the Rhine in Western Europe that runs through the Netherlands.
- A surname
See also
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *Wahalaz, *Wahaliz, attested in Latin sources as vacalus, vahalis.
Proper noun
Waal m
- the Waal (a river and distributary of the Rhine that runs through the provinces of Gelderland and South Holland, Netherlands)
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch Wale, from Old Dutch *Wala, *Wale, from Proto-West Germanic *walh, from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner”).
Noun
Waal m (plural Walen, diminutive Waaltje n, feminine Waalse)
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Derived from a variant of wiel (“kolk lake”).
Proper noun
Waal n
Hunsrik
Etymology
From Middle High German wale, from Old High German wala from Proto-West Germanic *walu, from Proto-Germanic *walą, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-[1]
Cognate with German Wahl and Luxembourgish Wiel, Wal.
Pronunciation
Noun
Waal f (plural Waale)
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References
- ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Waal”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 170