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Source-reportedDel alemán Walter ('comandante').
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- Spanish Wiktionary: WálterCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
- Wikidata Q21401481CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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[ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝al̪t̪eɾ] · Spanish
01 / Meaning & origin
Wálter is a masculine given name.
Del alemán Walter ('comandante').
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04 / Through time
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Walter— “powerful warrior”
Waldemar is an old German form imported by the Normans to England, and sometimes supposed to have been carried to Russia, and to have turned into Vladimir; but this has been traced to a genuine Slavonic source, though it is used by the Russians to represent Walter.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter VI (Descriptive Names), Section VI (Power) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
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