Wales

Meaning

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/weɪlz/

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.