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Wales^¹

/weɪlz/
/weːlz/ Wales
/wɛjlz/ British, Southern, Standard
/welz/
/wæɪlz/ Australia, New Zealand

Sounds like wales, whales (wine–whine merger), wails (pane–pain merger) · Rhymes with -eɪlz

Where it comes from

From Middle English Wales, from Old English Wēalas, plural of wealh (“Celt, Welsh person”), from Proto-West Germanic *walh, from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“Celt, Roman”). Compare the second element in Cornwall, and also Gaul.

proper noun Waleses

countable, uncountable One of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom, formerly a principality. Meronyms: North Wales, South Wales; see also Category:Places in Wales
Similar: The Principality
countable, historical, uncountable The area in which the Welsh language and culture predominated, roughly coincident with the modern country.
Similar: Cymru, Welshland
countable, uncountable A surname.
countable, uncountable A hamlet in Queen Camel parish, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6824).
countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4883).
countable, uncountable A minor city in Nome Census Area, Alaska.
countable, uncountable A town in Androscoggin County, Maine.
countable, uncountable A town in Hampden County, Massachusetts.
countable, uncountable A township in St. Clair County, Michigan.
countable, uncountable A town in Erie County, New York.
countable, uncountable A minor city in Cavalier County, North Dakota.
countable, uncountable A town in Sanpete County, Utah.
countable, uncountable A village in Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
countable, uncountable A submerged ghost town in Ontario, Canada.

wales^²

/weɪlz/

Sounds like Wales, wails (pane–pain merger), whales (wine–whine merger) · Rhymes with -eɪlz

noun

plural plural of wale

verb

indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of wale

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: cymru, welshman, welsh, scotland, chai, prince, galle, columns, edinburgh, charles, willis, wills, wallis, wells, calle, gales

Translations

Every language

name a constituent nation of the United Kingdom

Español	Gales, País de Gales
한국어	웨일스 Weilseu
日本語	ウェールズ Wēruzu
中文	威爾士 /威尔士 Wēi'ěrshì, 威爾斯 /威尔斯 Wēi'ěrsī
हिन्दी	वेल्स vels
Kiswahili	Welisi
Português	País de Gales
Français	pays de Galles
Deutsch	Wales
Italiano	Galles
Ελληνικά	Ουαλία Oualía
Română	Țara Galilor, Wales
Русский	Уэ́льс Uélʹs, Ва́ллис Vállis, Ва́ллия Vállija
Tiếng Việt	xứ Wales, xứ Gan
العربية	وِيلْز wēlz, wīlz
עברית	קַמְבְּרִיָה kambriya, וֵילְס veils, וֵיילְס veils

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@misc{wales_2026,
  title = {wales},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wales},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}