Wales

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Type Country
Usage English, Wales
Edit Status Statusnot set
Contributor Contrib.McLeeds on 7/2/2016
Last Editor EditorMcLeeds on 5/17/2017  [revision history]

Meaning & History

A country in Europe and a part of the United Kingdom. Its name derives from the Old English Wælisc, meaning 'foreigner, Welshman'.

Its Welsh name Cymru and sometimes Gymru is derived from the Brythonic Celtic combrogi, meaning 'fellow-countrymen'. It is cognate with Modern Welsh gymrawd, meaning 'comrade, fellow'.