Wales
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner”), probably from Latin Volcae.
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK, US) enPR: wālz, IPA: /weɪlz/, SAMPA: /weIlz/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪlz
- Homophones: whales, wails (wails in accents with wine-whine merger)
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Wales
- One of the four constituent countries of, the United Kingdom
- A surname.
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- The Principality (UK government)
[edit] Translations
a constituent nation of the UK
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surname
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- ^ Referring to the ballad of János Arany.
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Wales m.
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- IPA: /ʋeːls/
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Wales n.
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[edit] Declension
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Declension of Wales (type risti)
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Wales n.
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Categories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English proper nouns
- English surnames
- en:Wales
- en:Countries
- English terms with homophones
- en:Principalities
- en:United Kingdom
- Czech proper nouns
- cs:Countries
- Dutch proper nouns
- nl:Wales
- nl:Countries
- nl:Principalities
- Estonian proper nouns
- et:Wales
- et:Countries
- et:Principalities
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- fi:Wales
- fi:Countries
- fi:Principalities
- German proper nouns
- de:Wales
- de:Countries
- de:Principalities
- Indonesian proper nouns
- id:Wales
- id:Countries
- id:Principalities
- Romanian proper nouns
- ro:Wales
- ro:Countries
- ro:Principalities
- Swedish proper nouns
- sv:Wales
- sv:Countries
- sv:Principalities