Waal

See also: waal and wa·al

English

Proper noun

Waal (countable and uncountable, plural Waals)

1. A river, a distributary of the Rhine in Western Europe that runs through the Netherlands.
2. A surname

See also

• Wahl
• Wal
• Wall
• Walle
• Whal

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋaːl/
• Hyphenation: Waal
• Rhymes: -aːl

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *Wahalaz, *Wahaliz, attested in Latin sources as vacalus, vahalis.

Proper noun

Waal m

1. 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)

1. a Walloon person, a person from Wallonia

Derived terms

• Waals

Etymology 3

Derived from a variant of wiel (“kolk lake”).

Proper noun

Waal n

1. A hamlet in Molenlanden, South Holland, Netherlands

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-

Cognate with German Wahl and Luxembourgish Wiel, Wal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔːl/
• Rhymes: -ɔːl
• Syllabification: Waal

Noun

Waal f (plural Waale)

1. choice
2. election
   • 2022 September 30, 0:32 from the start, in Eleições em Hunsriqueano (Hunsrik)‎^[1], spoken by Piter Kehoma Boll, via Youtube:

     Die Waal basseerd heit.

     The election happens today.

Related terms

(nouns):

• Waalkaste
• Waalzone
• Weeler

(verbs):

• weele