Wales
See also: wales
English
a map of the British Isles, showing the United Kingdom in green and Wales in darker green
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Welsh kingdoms c. 1039
Etymology
From Middle English Wales, from Old English Wēalas, plural of wealh (“Celt, Welsh person”), from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“Celt, Roman”). Compare the second element in Cornwall, and also Gaul.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Wales (countable and uncountable, plural Waleses)
- One of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom, formerly a principality
- (historical) The area in which the Welsh language and culture predominated, roughly coincident with the modern country.
- A surname.
- A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4883).
- A number of places in the United States:
- A city in Alaska.
- A town in Maine.
- A town in Massachusetts.
- A town in New York.
- A city in North Dakota.
- A town in Utah.
- A village in Wisconsin.
- A submerged ghost town in Ontario, Canada.
Synonyms
- (country or Welsh area): Cymru, Welshland
- The Principality
Related terms
- (constituent country): Welsh
Translations
a constituent nation of the UK
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surname
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Danish
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋeːls/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -eːls
Estonian
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwei̯ls/, [ˈwe̞i̯ls̠]
- IPA(key): /ˈwɑles/, [ˈwɑle̞s̠] (rare)
Declension
- When written:
| Inflection of Wales (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Wales | — | |
| genitive | Walesin | — | |
| partitive | Walesia | — | |
| illative | Walesiin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Wales | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Wales | — |
| gen. | Walesin | ||
| genitive | Walesin | — | |
| partitive | Walesia | — | |
| inessive | Walesissa | — | |
| elative | Walesista | — | |
| illative | Walesiin | — | |
| adessive | Walesilla | — | |
| ablative | Walesilta | — | |
| allative | Walesille | — | |
| essive | Walesina | — | |
| translative | Walesiksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Walesitta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Wales (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Walesini | Walesimme |
| 2nd person | Walesisi | Walesinne |
| 3rd person | Walesinsa | |
- When spoken:
| Inflection of Wales (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Wales | — | |
| genitive | Walesin | — | |
| partitive | Walesiä | — | |
| illative | Walesiin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Wales | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Wales | — |
| gen. | Walesin | ||
| genitive | Walesin | — | |
| partitive | Walesiä | — | |
| inessive | Walesissä | — | |
| elative | Walesistä | — | |
| illative | Walesiin | — | |
| adessive | Walesillä | — | |
| ablative | Walesiltä | — | |
| allative | Walesille | — | |
| essive | Walesinä | — | |
| translative | Walesiksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Walesittä | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Wales (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Walesini | Walesimme |
| 2nd person | Walesisi | Walesinne |
| 3rd person | Walesinsä | |
German
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /veːls/, /vɛɪ̯ls/, /wɛɪ̯ls/
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Wales n (proper noun, genitive Wales' or (with an article) Wales)
- Wales (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)
Related terms
- Waliser
- Waliserin
- Walisisch
- walisisch
- welsch
- Welsche
- Welscher
- Welschland
- Welschschweiz
- Welschschweizer
- Welschschweizerin
- welschschweizisch
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvɛls]
- Hyphenation: Wales
- Rhymes: -ɛls
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Wales | — |
| accusative | Walest | — |
| dative | Walesnek | — |
| instrumental | Walesszel | — |
| causal-final | Walesért | — |
| translative | Walesszé | — |
| terminative | Walesig | — |
| essive-formal | Walesként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Walesben | — |
| superessive | Walesen | — |
| adessive | Walesnél | — |
| illative | Walesbe | — |
| sublative | Walesre | — |
| allative | Waleshez | — |
| elative | Walesből | — |
| delative | Walesről | — |
| ablative | Walestől | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
Walesé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
Waleséi | — |
| Possessive forms of Wales | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Walesem | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Walesed | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Walese | — |
| 1st person plural | Walesünk | — |
| 2nd person plural | Walesetek | — |
| 3rd person plural | Walesük | — |
Indonesian
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English Wēalas, plural of wealh; equivalent to wale (“outsider”) + -es.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwaːl(ɛ)s/
References
- “Wāles, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-10.
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Romanian
Proper noun
Wales n
Synonyms
- Țara Galilor
Slovak
Proper noun
Wales m (genitive singular Walesu, declension pattern of dub)
- Wales (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)
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