Wales

[weylz]

noun

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

Wales

/ 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)

Wales

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.

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

Vice Chancellor Wendy Larner said due diligence had been followed and the Kazakhstani campus offered opportunities for the institution and for Wales.

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The Conservatives have pledged to abolish the Sentencing Council and give ministers the power to issue guidelines to courts in England and Wales.

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Bronze Age gold jewellery and other items have been stolen from one of Wales' national museums, police have said.

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Craig Bellamy says England's squad depth is so impressive that a boxing promoter would not pair them against his Wales side.

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Ms Hastings, a third-year student studying opera singing in Cardiff, told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast on Wednesday she had never heard of Tourette syndrome when she was a child.

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