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.

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The Plaid government faced its first major incident over the summer as a devolved government when a number of wildfires broke out in Wales.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

A zone of wet weather will move eastwards across England and Wales on Saturday, although drier and brighter conditions may spread from the west later.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

A second comes into force at 06:00 BST for a wider area of England and Wales.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

There was criticism from Reform Wales about the time taken in to bring in the army and aerial support.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

“Do you think there can have been a revolt in Cornwall, or in Wales, or in Ireland?”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White