Wałęsa

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See also: wałęsa, wałęsą, and Wałęsą

English

Etymology

From Polish Wałęsa, from Old Polish wałęsa (vagabond).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vəˈwɛnsə/, /vəˈlɛnsə/, enPR: və-wĕnʹsə, və-lĕnʹsə
  • Rhymes: -ɛnsə
  • Hyphenation: Wa‧łę‧sa

Proper noun

Wałęsa

  1. A surname from Polish.

See also

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish wałęsa (vagabond), from wałęsać się (to roam).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Wałęsa m pers or f

  1. a male surname
    Lech Wałęsa (born 1943), a Polish trade unionist and politician
  2. a female surname

Declension

Masculine surname:

Feminine surname:

Further reading

  • Wałęsa”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022
  • Wałęsa in Polish dictionaries at PWN