a country that is part of the United Kingdom, in the west of Great Britain; conquered by the English in 1282; parliamentary union with England took place in 1536: a separate Welsh Assembly with limited powers was established in 1999. Wales consists mainly of moorlands and mountains and has an economy that is chiefly agricultural, with an industrial and former coal-mining area in the south. Capital: Cardiff. Pop: 3 063 456 (2011 est). Area: 20 768 sq km (8017 sq miles)
Welsh name: Cymru. Medieval Latin name: Cambria
Wales in British English2
(weɪlz)
noun
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Wales in American English
(weɪlz)
division of the United Kingdom, occupying a peninsula of WC Great Britain: 8,018 sq mi (20,767 sq km); pop. 2,812,000; chief city, Cardiff
Wales is a part of the United Kingdom, in the west of Great Britain.
American English: Wales
Arabic: وَيْلز
Brazilian Portuguese: País de Gales
Chinese: 威尔士
Croatian: Wales
Czech: Wales
Danish: Wales
Dutch: Wales
European Spanish: Gales
Finnish: Wales
French: Pays de Galles
German: Wales
Greek: Ουαλία
Italian: Galles
Japanese: ウェールズ
Korean: 웨일스
Norwegian: Wales
Polish: Walia
European Portuguese: País de Gales
Romanian: Țara Galilor
Russian: Уэльс
Latin American Spanish: Gales
Swedish: Wales
Thai: แคว้นเวลส์ที่รวมอยู่ในสหราชอาณาจักรอังกฤษ
Turkish: Galler
Ukrainian: Уельс
Vietnamese: xứ Wales
All related terms of 'Wales'
wale
the raised mark left on the skin after the stroke of a rod or whip
weal
A weal is a swelling made on someone's skin by a blow, especially from something sharp or thin such as a sword or whip .
South Wales
an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west. Includes the capital city, Cardiff , as well as Swansea and Newport . Welsh name: De Cymru
New South Wales
a state of SE Australia: originally contained over half the country, but was reduced by the formation of other states (1825–1911); consists of a narrow coastal plain , separated from extensive inland plains by the Great Dividing Range ; the most populous state; mineral resources . Capital: Sydney . Pop: 7 272 800 (2012). Area: 801 428 sq km (309 433 sq miles)
Prince of Wales
the eldest son and heir apparent of the British sovereign
Cape Prince of Wales
a cape in W Alaska , on the Bering Strait opposite the coast of the extreme northeast of Russia: the westernmost point of North America
Prince of Wales Island
an island in N Canada , in Nunavut . Area: about 36 000 sq km (14 000 sq miles)
National Assembly for Wales
→ the National Assembly for Wales
the National Assembly for Wales
the elected assembly for Wales , based in Cardiff , that has certain powers devolved from the UK government