Willis

Willis

Willis may refer to:

People

*Willis (surname)

Places in the United States

*Willis, Florida, a town
*Willis, Kansas, a city
*Willis, Michigan, an unincorporated community
*Willis, Texas, a city
*Willis, Virginia:
**Willis, Floyd County, Virginia, an unincorporated community
**Willis, Russell County, Virginia, an unincorporated community
*Willis River, a tributary of the James River in Virginia

Companies

*Henry Willis & Sons, a British maker of organs
*Freeman, Hardy and Willis, a British chain of shoe manufacturers and retailers
*Willis, US based Insurance Broke

Other uses

*"Willis" (album), by The Pietasters
*Willis (Digimon), a fictional character in the anime series
* Willis the Bouncer, a Martian character in the novel "Red Planet" by Robert A. Heinlein
*Willis (elm hybrid), a hybrid elm cultivar

ee also

* Willys, an automobile brand (20th century)


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  • Willis — steht für: Willis (Automarke), ein britisches Cyclecar Willis (Familienname), der Familienname Willis Willis Tower, höchster Wolkenkratzer der USA in Chicago Willis (Texas), ein Ort in Texas Willis ist Teil der Firma folgender Unternehmen: Willis …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Willis — Willis, KS U.S. city in Kansas Population (2000): 69 Housing Units (2000): 29 Land area (2000): 0.168593 sq. miles (0.436653 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.168593 sq. miles (0.436653 sq. km)… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Willis — Willis, Thomas * * * (as used in expressions) Carrier, Willis Haviland Reed, Willis Scripps, Edward Willis Young, Lester (Willis) …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Willis, KS — U.S. city in Kansas Population (2000): 69 Housing Units (2000): 29 Land area (2000): 0.168593 sq. miles (0.436653 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.168593 sq. miles (0.436653 sq. km) FIPS code:… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Willis, TX — U.S. city in Texas Population (2000): 3985 Housing Units (2000): 1374 Land area (2000): 3.290877 sq. miles (8.523333 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.290877 sq. miles (8.523333 sq. km) FIPS code …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Willis —   [ wɪlɪs], Thomas, englischer Mediziner, * Great Bedwyn (County Wiltshire) 21. 1. 1621, ✝ London 11. 11. 1675; ab 1660 Professor in Oxford, ab 1666 Arzt in London und Leibarzt Karls II.; Vertreter der Iatrochemie. Willis arbeitete v. a. über das …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Willis — [wil′is] n. [< the surname Willis, prob. < Willson, Wilson (< Will s son)] a masculine name …   English World dictionary

  • Willis — (spr. Uillis), 1) Thomas, geb. 1622 in Great Bedwin, wurde 1660 Professor der Naturphilosophie u. 1666 praktischer Arzt in London u. st. daselbst 1676. Nach ihm sind mehre Theile des Gehirns benannt. Er schr.: De fermentatione, de motu intestino… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Willis — Willis, s. Vampir …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Willis — Nathanael Parker, geb. 1807 zu Portland in Maine, lebte u. reiste mehrmals in Europa, Verfasser humoristischer Reisebilder (Werke, New York 1846) …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

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