Wales

Wales  (wlz)

A principality of the United Kingdom on the western peninsula of the island of Great Britain. Incorporated with England since the Act of Union (1536), Wales has maintained its own distinct culture and a strong nationalist sentiment. Cardiff is the capital and the largest city. Population: 2,910,000.

Word History: Although Celtic-speaking peoples were living in Britain before the arrival of the invaders from Friesland and Jutland whose languages would eventually develop into English, it was the Celts and not the invaders who came to be called "strangers" in English. Our words for the descendants of one of the Celtish peoples, Welsh, and for their homeland, Wales, come from the Old English word wealh, meaning "foreigner, stranger, Celt." Its plural wealas is the direct ancestor of Wales, literally "foreigners." The Old English adjective derived from wealh, wælisc or welisc, is the source of our Welsh. The Germanic form for the root from which wealh descended was *walh-, "foreign." We also have attested once in Old English the compound walhhnutu in a document from around 1050; its next recording appears in 1358 as walnottes. This eventually became walnut in Modern English, which is thus literally the "foreign nut." The nut was "foreign" because it was native to Roman Gaul and Italy.

Thesaurus

Noun

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Wales - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria Cambria, Cymru Sealyham terrier, Sealyham - a wire-haired terrier with short legs that was first bred in Sealyham Annwfn, Annwn - (Welsh mythology) the other world; land of fairies Cymric, Welsh - a Celtic language of Wales Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom Aberdare - a mining town in southern Wales Bangor - a university town in northwestern Wales on the Menai Strait Cardiff - the capital and largest city of Wales Newport - a port city in southeastern Wales Sealyham - a village in southwestern Wales where the Sealyham terrier was first bred Swansea - a port city in southern Wales on an inlet of the Bristol Channel Anglesea, Anglesea Island, Anglesey, Anglesey Island, Mona - an island to the northwest of Wales Menai Strait - a strait in northern Wales between Anglesey Island and the mainland River Severn, Severn, Severn River - a river in England and Wales flowing into the Bristol Channel; the longest river in Great Britain Amaethon - the farmer god; ancient god of agriculture Arawn - Celtic deity who was the lord of Annwfn (the other world or the land of fairies) Arianrhod, Arianrod - Celtic goddess famous for her beauty; mother of Dylan Don - Celtic goddess; mother of Gwydion and Arianrhod; corresponds to Irish Danu Dylan - Celtic god of the waves; son of Arianrhod Gwyn - Celtic underworld god Llew Llaw Gyffes - son of Gwydion and Arianrhod; supported by magic of Gwydion; cursed by Arianrhod LLud - a Celtic warrior god Llyr - Celtic deity who was the father of Manawydan; corresponds to Irish Lir Manawydan, Manawyddan - Celtic sea god; son of Llyr Cymry, Welsh, Welshman, Cambrian - a native or resident of Wales

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Wales

noun Cymru, (Welsh) Cambria (Latin)

Translations

Wales [weɪlz] n → País m de Gales

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Wales [weɪlz] n → pays m de Galles;

the Prince of Wales → le prince de Galles

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Wales [weɪlz] n → Wales nt;

the Prince of Wales → der Prinz von Wales

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Wales [weɪlz] n → Galles m