Wallis

[wol-is, waw-lis]

noun

1. Harold Brent Hal, 1899–1986, U.S. film producer.

2. John, 1616–1703, English mathematician.

3. a male given name, form of Wallace.

4. a female given name.

Wallis

¹

/ ˈvalɪs /

noun

1. the German name for Valais

Wallis

²

/ ˈwɒlɪs /

noun

1. Sir Barnes ( Neville ). 1887–1979, English aeronautical engineer. He designed the airship R100, the Wellesley and Wellington bombers, and the bouncing bomb (1943), which was used to destroy the Ruhr dams during World War II

Example Sentences

Separate columns included the lifetime giving and annual Wooden Athletic Fund contributions of more than 200 top donors such as sports executive Casey Wasserman, ice cream magnate Justin Woolverton and philanthropist Wallis Annenberg, with each donor assigned a priority number based on their level of generosity.

From Los Angeles Times

Wallis Annenberg, philanthropist who made massive donations to arts, education and animal welfare causes and whose name is on venues around Los Angeles County, has died.

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She gave $50 million in 2011 to have the Wallis Annenberg Hall built, which nearly doubled the communication and journalism school’s footprint when it opened in 2014.

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Annenberg also created a Silicon Beach-based animal shelter, the Wallis Annenberg PetSpace, which opened in 2017 and helps to rehabilitate so-called “unadoptable” animals before finding them new homes.

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Wallis Huberta Annenberg was born in the affluent Main Line area of Philadelphia and grew up, from age 10, in Washington, D.C.

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