wales
/wæɪlz/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.60 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
One of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom, formerly a principality.
Countable; Uncountable
name
The area in which the Welsh language and culture predominated, roughly coincident with the modern country.
Countable; Uncountable
name
A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4883).
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Meronyms: North Wales, South Wales; see also Category:Places in Wales"
- "Reassured and pleased with the railway, the Queen returned from Paddington to Slough on June 23, bringing with her the infant Prince of Wales, afterwards King Edward VII."
- "A 2013 study found the HIV rate among injecting IPED users in England and Wales was 1.5 percent, comparable to 1.2 percent among users of psychoactive drugs like heroin and crack."
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Wales, Wealas, *walh, *walhaz
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /wæɪlz/