Wales

Etymology

From Middle English Wales, from Old English Wēalas, plural of wealh (“foreigner, Welshman”), from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner”), probably from Latin Volcae, the name of a Celtic tribe in Gaul. Compare the second element in Cornwall, and also Gaul.

Pronunciation

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

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

Proper noun

Wales

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 city in Alaska.
5. A village in South Yorkshire, England.
6. A town in Maine.
7. A town in Massachusetts.
8. A town in New York.
9. A city in North Dakota.
10. A submerged ghost town in Ontario, Canada.
11. A town in Utah.
12. A village in Wisconsin.

Anagrams

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Wales m

1. Wales

Proper noun

Wales

1. Wales

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋeːls/

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• Rhymes: -eːls

Proper noun

Wales n

1. Wales (country)

Anagrams

• walse

Proper noun

Wales

1. Wales

Proper noun

Wales

1. Wales

Pronunciation

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

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Proper noun

Wales n (genitive Wales')

1. Wales

Proper noun

Wales

1. Wales

Alternative forms

• Walis, Walys, Walez

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwaːl(ə)s/

Proper noun

Wales

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

Proper noun

Wales

1. Wales (a country within the United Kingdom)

Proper noun

Wales

1. Wales (a country within the United Kingdom)

Proper noun

Wales ?

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

Proper noun

Wales

1. Wales