Wels

/ (German vɛls) /

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noun

an industrial city in N central Austria, in Upper Austria. Pop: 56 478 (2002)

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Words nearby Wels

well-worn, well-written, well-wrought, welly, welp, Wels, Welsbach burner, welsh, Welsh Black, Welsh corgi, Welsh dresser

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How to use Wels in a sentence

Travelling by night at his usual speed he reached Lambach at noon on May 2nd, and Wels on the 3rd.
Napoleon's Letters to Josephine|Henry Foljambe Hall
Igo Etrich was a very early experimenter in conjunction with Wels.
Jane's All the World's Aircraft|Various
Written from our town of Wels, the 12th day of December, in the year 1518.
The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria|Eleanor E. Tremayne
Other principal towns are Wels (12,187), Ischl and Gmunden .
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1|Various