Welshland
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Welshland
Where it comes from
From Welsh + land. Compare Old English wēalland (“foreign country, Normandy”). Cognate with German Wälschland (“Italy”, literally “foreign-land”), German Welschland (“French-speaking Switzerland, Romance-speaking land”).
Sense 3 is a semantic loan from German Welschland.
proper noun
- The land of foreigners; a foreign land, originally applied to Celtic lands, but later extended to include Roman and Romance-speaking areas. For a century after Hengist and Horsa the green island which they were conquering was a "Welshland," or abode of strangers, while the "Dutchland," or home of "the folks," was the half-sunken coast they had left behind them.
- The land of the Welsh; Wales. It is now practically established that the legend emanated from the Kymri, spreading from "Welshland" through Cornwall into the Welsh-speaking colony of Brittany upon the opposite shore.
- Italy. And this denomination, originating from this part, was afterward transferred to the whole of Italy, which was called Welshland, and its inhabitants Welshers.
Talk about this word "Welshland." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/welshland. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Welshland. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/welshland "Welshland." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/welshland.Cite this
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title = {Welshland},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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