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Places


United States

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Willis, Florida Willis is an unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Florida, United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It ...
, an unincorporated community *
Willis, Indiana Willis is an unincorporated community in Knox County, Indiana, in the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. ...
, an unincorporated community * Willis, Kansas, a city *
Willis, Michigan Willis is an unincorporated community in Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The community is located within Augusta Charter Township. As an unincorporated community, Willis has no legally defined boundaries or population statistics ...
, an unincorporated community * Willis, Nebraska, an unincorporated community *
Willis, Oklahoma Willis is an unincorporated community in Marshall County, Oklahoma, United States. Willis is located in the far southern portion of the county near Lake Texoma and is south-southwest of Madill. U.S. Route 377 passes near the community to the wes ...
, an unincorporated community * Willis, Texas, a city * Willis, Floyd County, Virginia, an unincorporated community * Willis, Russell County, Virginia, an unincorporated community * Willis River, a tributary of the James River in Virginia


Elsewhere

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Willis, Grenada Willis is a town in Grenada Grenada ( ; Grenadian Creole French: ) is an island country in the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea at the southern end of the Grenadines island chain. Grenada consists of the island of Grenada itself, two smal ...
, a town *
Willis Island Willis Island is the only permanently inhabited island in the Coral Sea Islands Territory, an external territory of Australia, located beyond the Great Barrier Reef in the Coral Sea. The island is located some east of Cairns, Queensland. It ...
, Coral Sea Islands Territory, Australia * Willis Islands, South Georgia Islands


Arts and entertainment


Works

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Giselle ''Giselle'' (; ), originally titled ''Giselle, ou les Wilis'' (, ''Giselle, or The Wilis''), is a romantic ballet (" ballet-pantomime") in two acts with music by Adolphe Adam. Considered a masterwork in the classical ballet performance canon, ...
'' or ''The Willis'', a ballet (in the ballet, the Willis are a group of supernatural women) * '' Le Villi'' (''The Willis'' or ''The Fairies''), an opera-ballet composed by Giacomo Puccini * ''Willis'' (album), by The Pietasters


Fictional characters

* Willis Jackson (character), in the 1970s-1980s American sitcom ''Diff'rent Strokes'' *
Willis (Digimon) ''Digimon Adventure'', ''Digimon Adventure 02'', ''Digimon Adventure tri.'' and '' Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna'' anime series and films produced by Toei Animation for the ''Digimon'' franchise, are centered on the , a group of childre ...
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Tom and Helen Willis The television series ''The Jeffersons'' featured several supporting characters. An incomplete list of these characters appears below. Willis family Helen Willis Helen Willis (née Douglas) (portrayed by Roxie Roker, except for her first appearan ...
, a fictional couple on the sitcom ''The Jeffersons'' * Willis family, in the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' * Willis the Bouncer, a Martian in the novel '' Red Planet'' by Robert A. Heinlein * Private Willis, the soldier (of the Grenadier Guards) in the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta ''
Iolanthe ''Iolanthe; or, The Peer and the Peri'' () is a comic opera with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert, first performed in 1882. It is one of the Savoy operas and is the seventh of fourteen operatic collaborations by Gilbert ...
'' * Leslie Willis, DC Comics villain
Livewire (DC Comics) Livewire (Leslie Willis) is a supervillainess appearing in multimedia produced by DC Entertainment, and American comic books published by DC Comics. Created for ''Superman: The Animated Series'', the character appeared in March 1997 in ''Superman ...


Buildings

* Willis Tower, Chicago, the tallest building in the United States and ninth-tallest in the world *
Willis Building (London) The Willis Building is a commercial skyscraper in London named after the primary tenant, Willis Group. It is located on Lime Street in the City of London financial district. The building was designed by Norman Foster and developed by British La ...
, a skyscraper *
Willis Building, Ipswich The Willis Building (originally the Willis Faber & Dumas regional headquarters) in Ipswich, England, is one of the earliest buildings designed by Norman Foster and Wendy Cheesman after establishing Foster Associates. Constructed between 1970 and ...
, a lowrise office building


Companies

* Willis & Co., a former Canadian piano company *
Willis Group Holdings Willis Group Holdings plc was a multinational risk advisor, insurance brokerage and reinsurance brokerage company with its headquarters in the Willis Building in London until its merger of equals with financial services company Towers Watson ...
, a former insurance broker


People

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Willis (given name) Willis is a masculine given name which may refer to the following people: Men *Willis Bouchey (1907–1977), American actor * Willis B. Burns (1851–1915), American businessman and politician *Willis Carrier (1876–1950), American engineer and in ...
, a list of people *
Willis (surname) Willis is a surname of English, Norman French, and Scottish origin. The oldest extant family of the name, the Willes family of Warwickshire, formerly of Newbold Comyn and Fenny Compton, has used the spellings 'Willis,' 'Willys,' and 'Wyllys' and a ...
, a list of people


Other uses

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Willis Street Willis Street is a prominent street in the central business district of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. Along with Courtenay Place, Manners Street and Lambton Quay, the lower reaches of Willis Street form part of the "Golden Mile" ...
, Wellington, New Zealand * Willis High School, Conroe, Texas, United States *
Ulmus 'Willis' Elms are deciduous and semi-deciduous trees comprising the flowering plant genus ''Ulmus'' in the plant family Ulmaceae. They are distributed over most of the Northern Hemisphere, inhabiting the temperate and tropical-montane regions of North ...
, a hybrid elm cultivar


See also

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Wilis (disambiguation) Wilis may refer to: *Mount Wilis * Wili, a type of supernatural being in Slavic folklore **'' Giselle'' or ''Giselle ou les Wilis'', a ballet See also *Wili (disambiguation) *Willis (disambiguation) Willis may refer to: Places United States * ...
* Wyllis *
Wills (disambiguation) Wills may refer to: * Will (law), a legal document Places Australia * Wills, Queensland, a locality in the Shire of Boulia * Division of Wills, an Australian electoral division in Victoria United States * Wills Township, LaPorte County, Indiana ...
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Willes (surname) Willes is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Christiana Willes (1786-1873), English cricketer, sister of John *Christine Willes, Canadian television, theatre and film actress *Edmund Willes (1832–1896), English cricketer *Edward ...
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