Wales

Etymology
From, from , plural of , from. Compare the second element in, and also.

Pronunciation

 * (whales in accents with wine-whine merger)
 * (whales in accents with wine-whine merger)
 * (whales in accents with wine-whine merger)
 * (whales in accents with wine-whine merger)

Proper noun

 * 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.
 * 1)  The area in which the Welsh language and culture predominated, roughly coincident with the modern country.

Synonyms

 * The Principality
 * The Principality

Translations

 * Abkhaz: Уалыс
 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian: Uellsi, Galli
 * Amharic: ዌልስ
 * Antillean Creole: Gal
 * Arabic:
 * Hijazi Arabic: ويلز
 * Aramaic:
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܘܵܠܝܼܵܐ
 * Armenian: Ուելս, Վաղէս, Կալլես
 * Asturian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: Ўэльс, Уэ́льс, Ва́лія
 * Bengali: ওয়েল্‌স্‌
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: Уе́лс
 * Burmese: ဝေလ
 * Catalan:, pais de Gal·les
 * Chechen: Уэльс
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 威爾斯, 威爾士
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Chuvash: Уэльс
 * Cornish:
 * Corsican: Galles
 * Czech:
 * Danish: Wales
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: Kimrio
 * Estonian:, Kõmrimaa
 * Farefare: Walgɔ
 * Faroese: Wales, Kymru
 * Finnish:, Kymri
 * French:
 * Middle French: Galles
 * Old French: Gales
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: უელსი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Gujarati: વેલ્સ
 * Hebrew: ווֹלְס, וֵילְס, וֵיילְס
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:, Velsz
 * Icelandic: Wales
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: Galles
 * Inuktitut: ᐆᐃᓪᔅ
 * Irish: Breatain Bheag
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kannada: ವೇಲ್ಸ್
 * Kashubian: Walijô
 * Kazakh:
 * Khmer: វ៉ែល
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz: Уэльс
 * Lao:, ເວລສ໌
 * Latin: Cambria, Wallia
 * Latvian: Velsa
 * Lithuanian: Velsas
 * Macedonian: Велс
 * Malay: Wales
 * Malayalam: വേൽസ്
 * Maltese: Wales
 * Manx: Bretyn
 * Maori: Wēra, Weira, Wēri
 * Marathi: वेल्स
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: Уэльс
 * Nepali: वेल्स
 * Norman: Galles
 * North Frisian: Wales
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Occitan: ,
 * Old English: Wēalas
 * Old Norse: Bretland
 * Ossetian: Уэльс
 * Pashto: ويلز, وېلز
 * Persian: ویلز
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਵੇਲਜ਼
 * Romani:
 * Welsh Romani: Vålši, Akava Them, Talano Them, Vålšano Them, Vålšenengo Them, Vålšitika Them
 * Romanian: Țara Galilor,
 * Romansch: Valisa
 * Russian:, Ва́ллис , Ва́ллия
 * Samoan: Uelese
 * Sardinian: Galles
 * Scots: Wales
 * Scottish Gaelic: Cuimrigh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Велс
 * Roman: Wales, Vels
 * Sicilian: Galles, Gàllisi
 * Silesian: Walijo
 * Sinhalese: වේල්සය
 * Slovak: Wales
 * Slovene: Wales
 * Somali: Waalis
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: Wales
 * Upper Sorbian: Waliziska
 * Spanish:, País de Gales
 * Swahili: Welisi
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Tajik: Уелс
 * Tamil: வேல்ஸ்
 * Tatar: Велс, Уэльс
 * Telugu: వేల్స్
 * Thai: เวลส์
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: Uels
 * Ukrainian: Уе́льс, Ва́лліс, Ва́ллія
 * Urdu: ویلز
 * Uyghur: ۋېلش
 * Uzbek: Uels
 * Vietnamese: Uy Nhĩ Sĩ, Huệ Châu, Xứ Gan,
 * Võro: Kõmrimaa, Wales
 * Walloon: Wale
 * Welsh:
 * West Flemish: Wales
 * West Frisian:
 * Yiddish: וויילז
 * Zealandic: Wales


 * Marathi: वेल्स
 * Persian: ویلز

Proper noun

 * 1)  country

Etymology
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Usage notes
Since this is an unadapted borrowing, there is no set pronunciation, it depends on the speaker's knowledge of English. The pronunciation above is the most common.

Etymology
From.

Proper noun

 * 1) Wales

Declension

 * When written:


 * When spoken:

Etymology
From

Etymology
From.

Etymology
From, plural of ; equivalent to.

Proper noun

 * 1)  constituent part of the United Kingdom