Wales

Meanings

1. One of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom, formerly a principality.
2. The area in which the Welsh language and culture predominated, roughly coincident with the modern country.
3. A surname.
4. A hamlet in Queen Camel parish, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6824).
5. A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4883).
6. A number of places in the United States:
7. A minor city in Nome Census Area, Alaska.
8. A town in Androscoggin County, Maine.
9. A town in Hampden County, Massachusetts.
10. A township in St. Clair County, Michigan.
11. A town in Erie County, New York.
12. A minor city in Cavalier County, North Dakota.

1. plural of wale

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of wale

Etymology

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.