Walhalla
English
editEtymology
editThe city in South Carolina was founded by German settlers, so the name in this case is probably of German origin. Compare with Valhalla.
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editWalhalla
- Alternative form of Valhalla
- A city in North Dakota, United States.
- A city, the county seat of Oconee County, South Carolina, United States.
- A small town in Victoria, Australia.
German
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editEtymology 1
editUltimately from Old Norse Valhǫll, from valr (“dead warriors”) + hǫll (“hall”). First element related to Old High German wal (“battlefield”), Middle High German wal, wale (“battlefield; field, meadow”); second element to German Halle (“hall”).[1]
Proper noun
editWalhalla f or n (proper noun, strong, genitive Walhalla or Walhallas)
- (Norse mythology) Valhalla, the home of half of all warriors who died gloriously in battle as well as many of the Æsir.
- Synonym: Walhall
Etymology 2
editProper noun
editWalhalla f (proper noun, genitive Walhalla)
- a pantheon in Donaustauf, Bavaria, commissioned by Ludwig I of Bavaria to contain marble busts honoring distinguished figures from German history
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editReferences
edit- ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer et al., "Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen" (1993), in Digitalen Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache, https://www.dwds.de/wb/Walhalla#etymwb-1, accessed on 17.08.2023.
Further reading
edit- “Walhalla” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Walhalla” in Duden online
- “Walhalla” in Duden online
- “Walhalla” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Italian
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editEtymology
editBorrowed from New Latin, from Old Norse Valhǫll, from valr (“dead warriors”) + hǫll (“hall”).
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editProper noun
editil Walhalla m
Polish
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from New Latin, from Old Norse Valhǫll.
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editWalhalla f
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edit- English terms derived from German
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Cities in North Dakota, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:Places in North Dakota, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Cities in South Carolina, USA
- en:County seats of South Carolina, USA
- en:Places in South Carolina, USA
- en:Towns in Victoria
- en:Towns in Australia
- en:Places in Victoria
- en:Places in Australia
- German 3-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *welh₃-
- German terms derived from Old Norse
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German feminine nouns
- German neuter nouns
- German nouns with multiple genders
- de:Norse mythology
- Italian terms borrowed from New Latin
- Italian terms derived from New Latin
- Italian terms derived from Old Norse
- Italian 3-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/alla
- Rhymes:Italian/alla/3 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian terms spelled with W
- Italian masculine nouns
- it:Norse mythology
- Polish terms borrowed from New Latin
- Polish learned borrowings from New Latin
- Polish terms derived from New Latin
- Polish terms derived from Old Norse
- Polish 3-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/alla
- Rhymes:Polish/alla/3 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish proper nouns
- Polish feminine nouns
- pl:Norse mythology
- Polish singularia tantum
- pl:Afterlife
- pl:Mythological locations