What does WALLACE mean?
Definitions for WALLACE
ˈwɒl ɪs, ˈwɔ lɪswal·lace
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Princeton's WordNet
Wallace, Sir William Wallacenoun
Scottish insurgent who led the resistance to Edward I; in 1297 he gained control of Scotland briefly until Edward invaded Scotland again and defeated Wallace and subsequently executed him (1270-1305)
Wallace, Edgar Wallace, Richard Horatio Edgar Wallacenoun
English writer noted for his crime novels (1875-1932)
Wallace, Alfred Russel Wallacenoun
English naturalist who formulated a concept of evolution that resembled Charles Darwin's (1823-1913)
Wiktionary
Wallacenoun
A Scottish surname, notably of the Scottish patriot William Wallace.
Wallacenoun
A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.
Wallacenoun
A town in Victoria, Australia.
Wallacenoun
A locale in Canada. A community in Nova Scotia; named for William Wallace. A community in Ontario.
Wallacenoun
A locale in the United States. A town in North Carolina. A census-designated place in South Carolina. A city, the county seat of Shoshone County, Idaho; named for founder Col. William R. Wallace. A census-designated place in Louisiana. A census-designated place in Calaveras County, California; named for surveyor John Wallace. A village in Nebraska. A town in Indiana; named for Indiana governor David Wallace. A town in South Dakota; named for the original owner of the town site. A city in Kansas; named for the nearby Fort Wallace. An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for a railroad official.
Etymology: An Old English byname for a Welshman or Breton, from Anglo-Norman waleis ("foreign").
Wikipedia
Wallace
Wallace is a song recorded by American rapper Azealia Banks for her debut studio album Broke with Expensive Taste (2014). The song was written by Banks, Kevin James, Filip Nikolic and Trevor McFedries, while production of the song was provided by the latter two. Lyrically, the track describes a man with a rottweiler head and depicts Banks killing him. Musically, the song is of both R&B and hardcore hip hop origins. In 2015, Banks released a music video for "Wallace" directed by Rob Soucy and Nick Ace. The video for "Wallace" was released via the Google Cloud Platform. Banks performed the song during the 2015 Coachella Festival and on her Broke with Expensive Taste Tour.
ChatGPT
wallace
Wallace is a given name and surname of Scottish origin. The name means "foreigner" or "Welshman" in old Scots language. This could refer to several personalities, places, or even things, depending on the context. For instance, it might refer to William Wallace, the Scottish knight who became one of the main leaders during the First War of Scottish Independence.
Wikidata
Wallace
Wallace is a historic city in the Panhandle region of the U.S. state of Idaho and the county seat of Shoshone County in the Silver Valley mining district. Wallace sits alongside the South Fork of the Coeur d'Alene River and the town's population was 784 at the 2010 census. Wallace is the principal town of the Coeur d'Alene silver-mining district, which produced more silver than any other mining district in the United States. Burke-Canyon Road runs through historic mining communities — many of them now deserted — north and eastward toward the Montana border. East of Wallace, the Route of the Hiawatha and the Lookout Pass ski area are popular with locals and tourists. The elevation is 2,728 feet above sea level.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
WALLACE
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Wallace is ranked #123 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Wallace surname appeared 197,276 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 67 would have the surname Wallace.
69.2% or 136,594 total occurrences were White.
24.7% or 48,727 total occurrences were Black.
2.4% or 4,873 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
2.3% or 4,557 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.7% or 1,519 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
0.5% or 1,006 total occurrences were Asian.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of WALLACE in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of WALLACE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of WALLACE in a Sentence
Chris Wallace, that hurt Chris Wallace, and then The New York Times and myself saying Chris Wallace was on a learning curve, that hurt Chris Wallace, if I could do The New York Times over again, I would.
Theophilus Eugene Connor may be gone, but today we witness with our own eyes police officers kneeling on the necks of Black Americans in Birmingham. George Wallace may be gone. But we can witness our federal government sending agents to use tear gas and batons against peaceful demonstrators.
A recession is a survivable event, what President Donald Trump is doing to this country is not. Democracy is about to go the way of the dinosaurs because we’ve been taken over by a dodo bird. Tom Arnold Games Nicolle Wallace, Poppy Harlow While Plugging Michael Cohen Meeting For President Donald Trump Tapes Show.
Certainly a pretty intense moment they're racing for the win of the Daytona 500, it's the one that everybody wants to win, it’s one that everybody wants to win, and Bubba Wallace has been able to put Bubba Wallace into position a lot of years in a row now. Just try to position Austin Cindric to where I can be close enough to still make those blocks and still make those moves to be at the lead at the start-finish line.
And as Greg pointed out, he was a Democrat – but Biden once bragged about Wallace paying him a compliment, joe Biden gave a eulogy a little more than a decade ago for a former exalted cyclops of the Klan – Robert Byrd.
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