Waliann.adj.
/ˈweɪlɪən/, U.S. /ˈweɪljən/, /ˈweɪliən/ South (or North) Walian.
A. n.
A native or inhabitant of South (or North) Wales.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > Welsh nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Wales
WelshmanOE
WelshlOE
West Britona1387
Britain1516
Briton1583
Walesman1591
flannela1616
Taffy1699
leek1725
Cambrian1780
Welsher1857
Welshy1875
South Walian1894
Taff1929
1894 Wales Aug. 170/1 He was a Methodist preacher, though he was a South Walian.
1924 J. O. Francis Legend of Welsh 63 The best story I have heard of Welsh-speaking Englishmen was told me..by a South Walian.
1936 Antiquity 10 461 Richards was a South Walian.
B. adj.
(Characteristic) of or pertaining to this region.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > Wales > [adjective]
WelshOE
Cambrian1656
South Walian1968
1968 D. E. Allen Brit. Tastes iv. 100 The stern Protestant ethos, originally adopted by..a people that then resembled the stern North Walian.
1977 D. Jones My Friend Dylan Thomas viii. 98 I thought this was a particularly South Walian expression until I read..The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren.
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n.adj.1894