Wales
See also: wales
EnglishEdit
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EtymologyEdit
From Middle English Wales, from Old English Wēalas, plural of wealh (“foreigner, Welshman”), from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner”), probably from Latin Volcae, the name of a Celtic tribe in Gaul. Compare the second element in Cornwall, and also Gaul.
PronunciationEdit
- (UK, US) enPR: wālz, IPA(key): /weɪlz/, [weɪɫz]
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪlz
- Homophones: whales, wails (whales in accents with wine-whine merger)
Proper nounEdit
Wales
- One of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom, formerly a principality
- (historical) The area in which the Welsh language and culture predominated, roughly coincident with the modern country.
- A surname.
- A city in Alaska.
- A village in South Yorkshire, England.
- A town in Maine.
- A town in Massachusetts.
- A town in New York.
- A city in North Dakota.
- A submerged ghost town in Ontario, Canada.
- A town in Utah.
- A village in Wisconsin.
SynonymsEdit
Related termsEdit
- (constituent country): Welsh
TranslationsEdit
a constituent nation of the UK
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surname
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AnagramsEdit
CzechEdit
DanishEdit
DutchEdit
EstonianEdit
FinnishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Wales
DeclensionEdit
- When written:
| Inflection of Wales (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Wales | — | |
| genitive | Walesin | — | |
| partitive | Walesia | — | |
| illative | Walesiin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Wales | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Wales | — |
| gen. | Walesin | ||
| genitive | Walesin | — | |
| partitive | Walesia | — | |
| inessive | Walesissa | — | |
| elative | Walesista | — | |
| illative | Walesiin | — | |
| adessive | Walesilla | — | |
| ablative | Walesilta | — | |
| allative | Walesille | — | |
| essive | Walesina | — | |
| translative | Walesiksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Walesitta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
- When spoken:
| Inflection of Wales (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Wales | — | |
| genitive | Walesin | — | |
| partitive | Walesiä | — | |
| illative | Walesiin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Wales | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Wales | — |
| gen. | Walesin | ||
| genitive | Walesin | — | |
| partitive | Walesiä | — | |
| inessive | Walesissä | — | |
| elative | Walesistä | — | |
| illative | Walesiin | — | |
| adessive | Walesillä | — | |
| ablative | Walesiltä | — | |
| allative | Walesille | — | |
| essive | Walesinä | — | |
| translative | Walesiksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Walesittä | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
GermanEdit
IndonesianEdit
Middle EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old English Wēalas, plural of wealh; equivalent to wale (“outsider”) + -es.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Wales
- Wales (country that is a constituent part of the United Kingdom)
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “Wāles (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-10.