Wales

American  

[waylz] / 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.

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BBC Wales has spoken to another woman whose surgery was stopped in a different part of Wales, for the same reason.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Cases in north Wales are sent to hospitals in Liverpool or Chester.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

John Gittins, senior coroner for north Wales east and central, said the death required further investigation and adjourned the inquest.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

At a recent cross-party Senedd group on women's health, gynaecologists said Wales either needed a nationally commissioned service or an overhaul of the funding model to better reflect the true cost of the specialist care.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

He often longed for the countryside near Wales where he grew up.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman