pays de Galles

French

Etymology

From pays (“land, country”) +‎ de (“of”) +‎ Galles (“Wales”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛ.i d(ə) ɡal/ ~ /pe.i d(ə) ɡal/

Proper noun

pays de Galles m

1. Wales (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)

Descendants

• → Vietnamese: xứ Uên (calque)
• → Turkish: Galler