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WAL

WAL is the abbreviation of Wales.

WAL is the acronym of write-ahead logging.

WAL is the acronym of write-ahead log.

Meaning of Wales

Proper noun

Wales (countable and uncountable, plural Waleses)

  1. One of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom, formerly a principality.
    • Meronyms: North Wales, South Wales; see also Category:Places in Wales
    Synonyms:
    The Principality
  2. (historical) The area in which the Welsh language and culture predominated, roughly coincident with the modern country.
    Synonyms:
    Cymru, Welshland
  3. A surname.
  4. A hamlet in Queen Camel parish, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6824).
  5. A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4883).
  6. A minor city in Nome Census Area, Alaska.

See all 14 meanings of wales

Meaning of write-ahead logging

Noun

write-ahead log (uncountable)

  1. The technique of writing all database modifications to a log before they are applied.
    Synonyms:
    WAL

Proper noun capitalized: Wal

Wal (plural Wals)

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Wally.
  2. A diminutive of the male given name Wallace.
  3. A diminutive of the male given name Walter.

Forms of WAL

Noun
pluralWALs
Proper noun
pluralWals

Questions about WAL

What does WAL mean?
WAL means a diminutive of the male given name Wally.
What is WAL the abbreviation of?
WAL is the abbreviation of Wales.
What part of speech is WAL?
WAL is a proper noun.

Words near WAL in the dictionary

  1. Wakulla
  2. Wakulla County
  3. Wakwafi
  4. Wakwavi
  5. waky waky
  6. WAL
  7. Wal Wal
  8. Wal-Mart
  9. Wal-Marted
  10. Wal-Marting
  11. Wal-Marts

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: WAL (page history and authors); Wal (page history and authors); Wales (page history and authors); write-ahead logging (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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