| 单词 | welsh wales |
| 释义 | > as lemmasWelsh Wales Welsh Wales n. colloquial the parts of Wales which are considered most distinctively Welsh, typically those in which the Welsh language is most commonly spoken. [Compare Welsh Cymru Gymraeg (1962 or earlier) < Cymru , the name of Wales (see Cymric adj.) + Cymraeg (adjective) in the Welsh language, with reference to the Welsh language, (noun) the Welsh language (see Cymraeg n.).] ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > Wales > [noun] > distinctively Welsh areas Welsh Wales1851 1851 Harper's Mag. Jan. 205/2 They call the promontory of Llyn..Welsh Wales;..it is so national in its ways, and buildings, and inhabitants, and so different from the towns and hamlets into which the English throng in summer. 1866 in Rep. Comm. Council on Educ. 1866–7 (App. 1) 216 Some [schools] are particularly well taught, though situated in the heart of Welsh Wales, where little else than Welsh is spoken. 1954 G. Daniel Welcome Death x. 125 ‘The Vale of Glamorgan is legally Wales, isn't it, although no one speaks any Welsh here?’ ‘Quite right... This is Wales, if not Welsh Wales’. 2008 Wales on Sunday (Nexis) 17 Feb. 2 We [sc. Labour] are to blame in a way. We allowed Plaid Cymru to say they are the party of Welsh Wales. < as lemmas |
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