Wallace

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English

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Etymology

An Old English byname for a Welshman or Breton, from Anglo-Norman waleis (“foreign”); see wielisc.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Wallace (countable and uncountable, plural Wallaces)

  1. (countable) A Scottish surname transferred from the nickname, notably of the Scottish patriot William Wallace.
  2. (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.
  3. A placename:
    1. A town in Victoria, Australia.
    2. A locale in Canada.
      1. A community of Nova Scotia; named for William Wallace.
      2. A community of Ontario.
      3. The Rural Municipality of Wallace No. 243, a rural municipality in eastern Saskatchewan.
    3. A locale in the United States.
      1. A census-designated place in Calaveras County, California; named for surveyor John Wallace.
      2. A city, the county seat of Shoshone County, Idaho; named for founder Col. William R. Wallace.
      3. A town in Indiana; named for Indiana governor David Wallace.
      4. A city in Kansas; named for the nearby Fort Wallace.
      5. A census-designated place in Louisiana.
      6. An unincorporated community in Curtis Township, Alcona County, Michigan.
      7. An unincorporated community in Mellen Township, Menominee County, Michigan.
      8. An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for a railroad official.
      9. A village in Nebraska.
      10. A town in North Carolina.
      11. A census-designated place in South Carolina.
      12. A town in South Dakota; named for the original owner of the town site.
      13. A census-designated place in Harrison County, West Virginia.

Derived terms

References

  • Patrick Hanks, Flavia Hodges, (2001) A Concise Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press.

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