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Wales

//weɪlz// name, noun, verb

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Proper Noun

1
One of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom, formerly a principality. countable, uncountable
"Meronyms: North Wales, South Wales; see also Category:Places in Wales"
2
The area in which the Welsh language and culture predominated, roughly coincident with the modern country. countable, historical, uncountable
3
A surname. countable, uncountable
4
A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4883). countable, uncountable
5
A number of places in the United States:; A city in Alaska. countable, uncountable

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6
A number of places in the United States:; A town in Maine. countable, uncountable
7
A number of places in the United States:; A town in Massachusetts. countable, uncountable
8
A number of places in the United States:; A town in New York. countable, uncountable
9
A number of places in the United States:; A city in North Dakota. countable, uncountable
10
A number of places in the United States:; A town in Utah. countable, uncountable
11
A number of places in the United States:; A village in Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
12
A submerged ghost town in Ontario, Canada. countable, uncountable

Noun

1
plural of wale form-of, plural

Verb

1
third-person singular simple present indicative of wale form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Etymology

From Middle English Wales, from Old English Wēalas, plural of wealh (“Celt, Welsh person”), from Proto-West Germanic *walh, from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“Celt, Roman”). Compare the second element in Cornwall, and also Gaul.

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