Wales

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

• (UK, US) enPR: wālz, IPA^(key): /weɪlz/, [weɪɫz]

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• Rhymes: -eɪlz
• Homophones: whales, wails (whales in accents with wine-whine merger)

Wales (countable and uncountable, plural Waleses)

1. One of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom, formerly a principality
2. (historical) 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).
5. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A city in Alaska.
   2. A town in Maine.
   3. A town in Massachusetts.
   4. A town in New York.
   5. A city in North Dakota.
   6. A town in Utah.
   7. A village in Wisconsin.
6. A submerged ghost town in Ontario, Canada.

• (country or Welsh area): Cymru, Welshland
• The Principality

• (constituent country): Welsh

• Slewa, Swale, alews, lawes, swale, sweal, weals

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛls]
• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛjl̩s]

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Wales m inan (related adjective waleský or velšský)

1. Wales (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)

• Wales in Internetová jazyková příručka

Wales

1. Wales

• IPA^(key): /ʋeːls/

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• Rhymes: -eːls

Wales n

1. Wales (country)

• walse

Unadapted borrowing from English Wales.

Since this is an unadapted borrowing, there is no set pronunciation, it depends on the speaker's knowledge of English. The most common version seen is:

• IPA^(key): /ˈvei̯ls/, [ˈvei̯ls]

Wales

1. Wales

   Synonym: (rare) Kõmrimaa

From English Wales.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwei̯ls/, [ˈwe̞i̯ls̠]
• IPA^(key): /ˈʋei̯ls/, [ˈʋe̞i̯ls̠]
• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑles/, [ˈwɑ̝le̞s̠] (rare)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑles/, [ˈʋɑ̝le̞s̠] (rare)

Wales

1. Wales

• When written:

• When spoken:

From English Wales

• IPA^(key): /veːls/, /vɛɪ̯ls/, /wɛɪ̯ls/

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Wales n (proper noun, genitive Wales' or (with an article) Wales)

1. Wales (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)

From English Wales.

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛls]
• Hyphenation: Wales
• Rhymes: -ɛls

Wales

1. Wales (a country in the United Kingdom)

• walesi
• Új-Dél-Wales

Wales

1. Wales

• Walis, Walys, Walez

From Old English Wēalas, plural of wealh; equivalent to wale (“outsider”) +‎ -es.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwaːl(ɛ)s/

Wales

1. Wales (constituent part of the United Kingdom)

• English: Wales
• Scots: Wales

• “Wāles, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-10.

Wales

1. Wales (a country within the United Kingdom)

• waliser
• walisisk

Wales

1. Wales (a country within the United Kingdom)

• walisisk

Wales n

1. Wales (a country in northwestern Europe, a constituent country of the United Kingdom)

   Synonym: Țara Galilor

• IPA^(key): [vejls]
• IPA^(key): [ˈuels]

Wales m inan (genitive singular Walesu, declension pattern of dub)

1. Wales (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)

• “Wales”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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Wales n (genitive Wales)

1. Wales

• walesare
• walesisk
• walesiska