User-submitted place name Wales

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Pronounced Pron. WAYLZ(English)

VAYLZ(Croatian)

VEHLS(Croatian, Czech, Dutch, German, Hungarian)

WEHLS(Croatian)

VAYLS(Czech, German)

WAYLS(Finnish, German)

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Meaning & History

From Old English Wealas, the plural of wealh meaning "foreigner, Celt". This is the name of a country (part of the United Kingdom) in the western part of the island of Great Britain. In Welsh it is called Cymru.