# Wales

Pronunciation: say "WAYLZ" /weɪlz/

## Proper noun

1. A country in the west of Great Britain, one of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom and formerly a principality; also, in historical use, the region where Welsh language and culture predominated.
   - Simple: A country west of England that is part of the United Kingdom, where Welsh people and their language come from.
   - _Wales sends representatives to the UK Parliament in London as well as to its own Senedd._
   - _Rugby is enormously popular in Wales, where the national team draws passionate crowds._

## Other meanings

- (proper noun) A surname of English and Scottish origin.
- (proper noun) A town in Androscoggin County, Maine, in the United States.
- (proper noun) A South Yorkshire village, also a civil parish, in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, England.
- (proper noun) A city in Alaska, near the westernmost point of the North American mainland, in the United States.
- (proper noun) A city in northeastern North Dakota, in the United States.
- (proper noun) A town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, in the United States.
- (proper noun) A town in Erie County, New York, in the United States.
- (proper noun) A town in Sanpete County, Utah, in the United States.
- (proper noun) A village in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, in the United States.
- (proper noun) A ghost town in Ontario, Canada, submerged when the St. Lawrence Seaway was created in 1958.

## Origin

Proto-Germanic *walhaz ("Celt, Roman") gave Proto-West Germanic *walh and then Old English wealh ("Celt, Welsh person"). Its plural, Wēalas, became Middle English Wales. The same element forms the second part of Cornwall, and Gaul is related.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/wales (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).