English-Thai Dictionary
walla
N ผู้รับผิดชอบ wallah phu-rab-pid-chob
wallaby
N จิงโจ้ ขนาดเล็ก หรือ ขนาด กลาง ใน ตระกูล Macropodidae jing-jo-ka-nad-le-rue-ka-nad-klang
wallah
N ผู้ ที่ มี หน้าที่ รับผิดชอบ เรื่อง หนึ่ง เรื่อง ใด โดยเฉพาะ (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ walla phu-ti-me-na-ti-rab-pid-chob-ruang-nuang-cha-prow
wallah
N ผู้รับผิดชอบ walla phu-rab-pid-chob
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
WALLABA
WALLABA Wal "la *ba, n. (Bot. )
Defn: A leguminous tree (Eperua falcata ) of Demerara, with pinnate leaves and clusters of red flowers. The reddish brown wood is used for palings and shingles. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants ).
WALLABY
Wal "la *by, n.; pl. Wallabies. Etym: [From a native name. ] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of numerous species of kangaroos belonging to the genus Halmaturus, native of Australia and Tasmania, especially the smaller species, as the brush kangaroo (H. Bennettii ) and the pademelon (H. thetidis ). The wallabies chiefly inhabit the wooded district and bushy plains. [Written also wallabee, and whallabee.]
WALLACHIAN
WALLACHIAN Wal *la "chi *an, a. [Also Walachian, Wallach, Wallack, Vlach, etc. ]
Defn: Of or pertaining to Wallachia, a former principality, now part of the kingdom, of Roumania. -- n.
Defn: An inhabitant of Wallachia; also, the language of the Wallachians; Roumanian.
WALLACK
WALLACK Wal "lack, a. & n.
Defn: See Wallachian.
WALLAH
WALLAH Wal "lah, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A black variety of the jaguar; -- called also tapir tiger. [Written also walla. ]
WALLAROO
WALLAROO Wal `la *roo ", n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of several species of kangaroos of the genus Macropus, especially M. robustus, sometimes called the great wallaroo.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Wallabout Bay
Wall a bout Bay |ˈwôləˌbout ˌwɔləbaʊt ˈbeɪ | a former inlet of the East River in Brooklyn in New York City, the site of the imprisonment of thousands of American prisoners during the American Revolution, many of whom died here.
wallaby
wal la by |ˈwäləbē ˈwɑləbi | ▶noun ( pl. wallabies ) an Australasian marsupial that is similar to, but smaller than, a kangaroo. [Family Macropodidae: several genera and numerous species, including the agile wallaby (Macropus agilis ).] ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Dharuk walabi or waliba.
Wallace, Alfred Russel
Wal lace, Alfred Russel |ˈwôləs, ˈwäl -ˈwɔləs | (1823 –1913 ), English naturalist; a founder of zoogeography.
Wallace, Edgar
Wal lace, Edgar |ˈwɔləs ˈwôləs | (1875 –1932 ), English novelist, screenwriter, and playwright; full name Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace. He wrote the screenplay for the movie King Kong, which was made shortly after his death.
Wallace, George
Wall ace, George |ˈwôləs ˈwɔləs | (1919 –98 ), US politician; full name George Corley Wallace. A four-term governor of Alabama, he gained national attention in the early 1960s when he defied civil rights legislation that outlawed segregation in public schools. While campaigning for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination, he was shot and paralyzed by would-be assassin Arthur Bremer (1950 –).
Wallace, Henry A.
Wall ace, Henry A. |ˈwôləs ˈwɔləs | (1888 –1965 ), US politician, agriculturist, and editor; full name Henry Agard Wallace. He was editor of Wallaces' Farmer and its successor 1910 –33. He was US secretary of agriculture 1933 –40, US vice president 1941 –45, and US secretary of commerce 1945 –46. He was the presidential candidate for the new Progressive Party in 1948.
Wallace, Mike
Wall ace, Mike |ˈwôləs ˈwɔləs | (1918 –), US journalist; born Myron Leon Wallace. A news correspondent with CBS from 1963, he appeared on the television news program 60 Minutes from 1968.
Wallace, Sir William
Wal lace, Sir William |ˈwɔləs ˈwôləs | ( c. 1270 –1305 ), Scottish national hero. A leader of Scottish resistance to Edward I, he defeated the English army at Stirling in 1297. After Edward's second invasion of Scotland in 1298, he was defeated and subsequently executed.
Wallacea
Wallacea |wɒˈleɪsɪə |Zoology a zoogeographical area constituting a transition zone between the Oriental and Australian regions, east of Wallace's line. It is generally held to comprise Sulawesi and other islands between the two continental shelves. DERIVATIVES Wallacean adjective ORIGIN 1920s: from the name of A. R. Wallace (see Wallace, Alfred Russel ).
Wallace's line
Wal lace's line Zoology a hypothetical line, proposed by Alfred Russel Wallace, marking the boundary between the Oriental and Australian zoogeographical regions. Wallace's line is now placed along the continental shelf of Southeast Asia, east of the islands of Borneo, Bali, and the Philippines. To the west of the line, Asian animals such as monkeys predominate, while to the east of it, the fauna is dominated by marsupials.
Wallachia
Wal la chi a |wäˈlākēə, wə -wɑˈleɪkiə |(also Walachia ) a former principality in southeastern Europe, between the Danube River and the Transylvanian Alps. In 1861, it was united with Moldavia to form Romania. DERIVATIVES Wal la chi an adjective & noun ORIGIN based on a variant of Vlach .
wallah
wal lah |ˈwälə ˈwɑlə | ▶noun [ in combination or with modifier ] Indian or informal a person concerned or involved with a specified thing or business: ice cream wallahs. • a native or inhabitant of a specified place: Bombay wallahs. ORIGIN from the Hindi suffix -vālā ‘doer ’ (commonly interpreted in the sense ‘fellow ’), from Sanskrit pālaka ‘keeper. ’
wallaroo
wal la roo |ˌwôləˈro͞o ˌwɔləˈru | ▶noun a large Australian kangaroo, the female of which is paler than the male. [Genus Macropus, family Macropodidae: two species, in particular the common wallaroo (M. robustus ).] ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Dharuk walaru.
Wallasey
Wallasey |ˈwɒləsi | a town in NW England on the Wirral Peninsula; pop. 58,400 (est. 2009 ).
Walla Walla
Wal la Wal la |ˌwälə ˈwälə ˌwɑlə ˈwɑlə | a historic commercial and industrial city in southeastern Washington; pop. 30,643 (est. 2008 ).
Oxford Dictionary
Wallabout Bay
Wall a bout Bay |ˈwôləˌbout ˌwɔləbaʊt ˈbeɪ | a former inlet of the East River in Brooklyn in New York City, the site of the imprisonment of thousands of American prisoners during the American Revolution, many of whom died here.
wallaby
wal |laby |ˈwɒləbi | ▶noun ( pl. wallabies ) an Australasian marsupial that is similar to, but smaller than, a kangaroo. ●Family Macropodidae: several genera and numerous species. • ( the Wallabies ) informal the Australian international rugby union team. PHRASES on the wallaby ( track ) Austral. /NZ informal, dated (of a person ) unemployed and having no fixed address. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Dharuk walabi or waliba.
Wallace, Alfred Russel
Wal |lace |ˈwɒlɪs | (1823 –1913 ), English naturalist and a founder of zoogeography. He independently formulated a theory of the origin of species very similar to that of Charles Darwin.
Wallace, Edgar
Wal |lace |ˈwɒlɪs | (1875 –1932 ), English novelist, screenwriter, and dramatist, noted for his crime novels; full name Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace.
Wallace, George
Wall ace, George |ˈwôləs ˈwɔləs | (1919 –98 ), US politician; full name George Corley Wallace. A four-term governor of Alabama, he gained national attention in the early 1960s when he defied civil rights legislation that outlawed segregation in public schools. While campaigning for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination, he was shot and paralyzed by would-be assassin Arthur Bremer (1950 –).
Wallace, Henry A.
Wall ace, Henry A. |ˈwôləs ˈwɔləs | (1888 –1965 ), US politician, agriculturist, and editor; full name Henry Agard Wallace. He was editor of Wallaces' Farmer and its successor 1910 –33. He was US secretary of agriculture 1933 –40, US vice president 1941 –45, and US secretary of commerce 1945 –46. He was the presidential candidate for the new Progressive Party in 1948.
Wallace, Mike
Wall ace, Mike |ˈwôləs ˈwɔləs | (1918 –), US journalist; born Myron Leon Wallace. A news correspondent with CBS from 1963, he appeared on the television news program 60 Minutes from 1968.
Wallace, Sir William
Wal |lace |ˈwɒlɪs | ( c. 1270 –1305 ), Scottish national hero. He was a leader of Scottish resistance to Edward I, defeating the English army at Stirling in 1297. After Edward's second invasion of Scotland in 1298 Wallace was defeated and subsequently executed.
Wallacea
Wallacea |wɒˈleɪsɪə |Zoology a zoogeographical area constituting a transition zone between the Oriental and Australian regions, east of Wallace's line. It is generally held to comprise Sulawesi and other islands between the two continental shelves. DERIVATIVES Wallacean adjective ORIGIN 1920s: from the name of A. R. Wallace (see Wallace, Alfred Russel ).
Wallace's line
Wallace's line Zoology a hypothetical line, proposed by Alfred Russel Wallace, marking the boundary between the Oriental and Australian zoogeographical regions. Wallace's line is now placed along the continental shelf of SE Asia. To the west of the line Asian mammals predominate, while to the east of it the fauna is dominated by marsupials..
Wallachia
Wallachia |wɒˈleɪkɪə |(also Walachia ) a former principality of SE Europe, between the Danube and the Transylvanian Alps. In 1861 it was united with Moldavia to form Romania. DERIVATIVES Wallachian adjective & noun ORIGIN based on a variant of Vlach .
wallah
wallah |ˈwɒlə | ▶noun [ in combination or with modifier ] Indian or informal a person concerned or involved with a specified thing or business: a rickshaw-wallah. • a native or inhabitant of a specified place: Bombay wallahs. ORIGIN from the Hindi suffix -vālā ‘doer ’ (commonly interpreted in the sense ‘fellow ’), from Sanskrit pālaka ‘keeper ’.
wallaroo
wallaroo |ˌwɒləˈruː | ▶noun a large stocky kangaroo found in hilly country in Australia. ●Genus Macropus, family Macropodidae: two species, in particular the common wallaroo (M. robustus ). ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Dharuk walaru.
Wallasey
Wallasey |ˈwɒləsi | a town in NW England on the Wirral Peninsula; pop. 58,400 (est. 2009 ).
Walla Walla
Wal la Wal la |ˌwälə ˈwälə ˌwɑlə ˈwɑlə | a historic commercial and industrial city in southeastern Washington; pop. 30,643 (est. 2008 ).
Duden Dictionary
Wallaby
Wal la by Substantiv, Neutrum , das |ˈwɔləbi |englisch wallaby, aus einer Sprache der australischen Ureinwohner 1 mittelgroßes Känguru 2 Fell verschiedener Känguruarten
Wallace
Wal lace Eigenname |ˈvɔləs |englischer Schriftsteller
Wallach
Wal lach Substantiv, maskulin , der |W a llach österreichisch meist vaˈlax |der Wallach; Genitiv: des Wallach [e ]s, Plural: die Wallache, österreichisch meist: Wallachen, Wallachen ursprünglich = das aus der Walachei eingeführte kastrierte Pferd kastriertes männliches Pferd
Wallanlage
Wall an la ge Substantiv, feminin früher , die |W a llanlage |[im Wesentlichen ] aus einem Wall bestehende Befestigungsanlage
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
wallaby
wal la by /wɑ́ləbi |wɔ́l -/名詞 複 -bies 1 C 〘動 〙ワラビー 〘小形のカンガルーに似た動物 〙.2 〖the Wallabies 〗ワラビーズ 〘オーストラリア代表ラグビーチーム 〙.
Wallace
Wal lace /wɑ́ləs |wɔ́l -/名詞 ウォーレス 〘男の名; ⦅愛称 ⦆Wally 〙.