Wales

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable, uncountable) One of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom, formerly a principality.
2. (countable, historical, uncountable) The area in which the Welsh language and culture predominated, roughly coincident with the modern country.
3. (countable, uncountable) A surname.
4. (countable, uncountable) A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4883).
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12. (countable, uncountable) A submerged ghost town in Ontario, Canada.

Sinonieme

Cambria

Cymru

W.

Vertalings

Galles

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Wales

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Wales

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Gales

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Pays de Galles

País de Gales

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Gal·les

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Ουαλία

ويلز

Galler

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Cambria

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País de Gales

Gales

Galles

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Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/weɪlz/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: Wales

Geërf van Old English: Wealas

In summary

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.