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

Earlier intervention and tougher action against parents are among measures being announced by the government to tackle crime by young people in England and Wales.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Wales hit back shortly after, keeping it among the hard-carrying forwards before shipping the ball out for workhorse Keight to power over.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

Head of the RCSLT's Wales office Philippa Cotterill said the provision saves lives.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

Wales were straight back under pressure from the restart with Italy winning a penalty and kicking deep into Welsh territory, and despite some better resistance, Ostuni Minuzzi found a way through for her second.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

He was training cadets at a camp in North Wales when the armistice was announced.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman