Wales

American  

[weylz] / weɪlz /

noun

1. a division of the United Kingdom, in SW Great Britain. 8,016 sq. mi. (20,760 sq. km).

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Wales British  

/ weɪlz /

noun

1. Welsh name: Cymru.  Medieval Latin name: Cambria.  a principality that is part of the United Kingdom, in the west of Great Britain; conquered by the English in 1282; parliamentary union with England took place in 1536: a separate Welsh Assembly with limited powers was established in 1999. Wales consists mainly of moorlands and mountains and has an economy that is chiefly agricultural, with an industrial and former coal-mining area in the south. Capital: Cardiff. Pop: 2 938 000 (2003 est). Area: 20 768 sq km (8017 sq miles)

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Wales Cultural  

1. One of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, occupying the western peninsula of the island of Great Britain. Its capital and largest city is Cardiff.

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Welsh culture is known for its writers and singers, dating back more than one thousand years to the bards (poet-singers) of the Middle Ages.

Example Sentences

The study, led by Flinders University in partnership with researchers from the University of New South Wales and Macquarie University, was published in Nature Communications.

From Science Daily • Jul. 12, 2026

The government grant required for a home rose 75% from £93,000 to £163,000 in four years, spending watchdog Audit Wales says.

From BBC • Jul. 12, 2026

Three record-breaking heatwaves and a prolonged lack of rainfall have left many parts of England and Wales facing an increasing wildfire risk.

From BBC • Jul. 12, 2026

North Wales Police advised other householders to "keep all doors and windows closed for the time being".

From BBC • Jul. 12, 2026

I’d first heard about it from a couple of my donors up in North Wales.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro