/weɪlz/, [weɪɫz]
OriginFrom Middle English Wales, from Old English Wēalas, plural of wealh (“Celt, Welsh person”), from Proto-West Germanic *walh, from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“Celt, Roman”). Compare the second element in Cornwall, and also Gaul.
- countable, uncountableOne of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom, formerly a principality.
“Meronyms: North Wales, South Wales; see also Category:Places in Wales”
“Reassured and pleased with the railway, the Queen returned from Paddington to Slough on June 23, bringing with her the infant Prince of Wales, afterwards King Edward VII.”
“A 2013 study found the HIV rate among injecting IPED users in England and Wales was 1.5 percent, comparable to 1.2 percent among users of psychoactive drugs like heroin and crack.”
- countable, historical, uncountableThe area in which the Welsh language and culture predominated, roughly coincident with the modern country.
- countable, uncountableA surname.
- countable, uncountableA village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4883).
- countable, uncountableA city in Alaska.
- countable, uncountableA town in Maine.
- countable, uncountableA town in Massachusetts.
- countable, uncountableA town in New York.
- countable, uncountableA city in North Dakota.
- countable, uncountableA town in Utah.
- countable, uncountableA village in Wisconsin.
- countable, uncountableA submerged ghost town in Ontario, Canada.
- form-of, pluralplural of wale
- form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-personthird-person singular simple present indicative of wale
FormsWaleses(plural)