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English
a map of the British Isles, showing the United Kingdom in green and Wales in darker greenEtymology
From Germanic Walha (“‘foreigner’”), probably from Volcae.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) enPR: wālz, IPA: /weɪlz/, SAMPA: /weIlz/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪlz
- Homophones: wails , whales (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
Proper noun
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Singular Wales |
Plural - |
Wales
- A principality in the west of, and one of the constituent nations of, the United Kingdom.
- A surname.
Quotations
- 1976, , The Oxford Illustrated Dictionary, page 949:
- Wales (-lz). Principality occupying extreme W. of central southern portion of Gt Britain
References
- Notes:
- ^ Referring to the ballad of János Arany.
Anagrams
Dutch
Dutch Wikipedia has an article on: WalesPronunciation
Wales- IPA: /ʋeːls/
Proper noun
Wales n.
Estonian
Proper noun
Wales
Finnish
Proper noun
Wales
Declension
Declension of Wales (type risti)
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German
Proper noun
Wales n.
Related terms
Indonesian
Proper noun
Wales
Romanian
Proper noun
Wales
Swedish
Proper noun
Wales
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Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:26:38 GMT+00:00
tonight. BBC Sport I assume it will only be on BBC Wales but I think Sky viewers all over the country should be able to access it if they wanted to. ... Charvis on rugby's 'physicality' BBC News Concussion 'part of the game' BBC News Rugby players 'fail to report head injuries' WalesOnline
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a third of all waste generated in Wales actually is the rest is sent straight to landfill So why do you need to recycle in the first place and do you really know what can be recycled Wales is lagging behind the rest of the UK in recycling terms with the average person throwing away their own body weight in rubbish every 7 weeks However the Welsh Assembly Government has
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