Wales

[weylz]

noun

1. a division of the United Kingdom, in SW Great Britain. 8,016 sq. mi. (20,760 sq. km).

Wales

/ weɪlz /

noun

1. Welsh name: Cymru. Medieval Latin name: Cambria. a principality that is part of the United Kingdom, in the west of Great Britain; conquered by the English in 1282; parliamentary union with England took place in 1536: a separate Welsh Assembly with limited powers was established in 1999. Wales consists mainly of moorlands and mountains and has an economy that is chiefly agricultural, with an industrial and former coal-mining area in the south. Capital: Cardiff. Pop: 2 938 000 (2003 est). Area: 20 768 sq km (8017 sq miles)

Wales

1. One of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, occupying the western peninsula of the island of Great Britain. Its capital and largest city is Cardiff.

Welsh culture is known for its writers and singers, dating back more than one thousand years to the bards (poet-singers) of the Middle Ages.

Example Sentences

Forty arts organisations in Wales have received £8m in funding in a move aimed at protecting venues amid financial challenges faced by the sector.

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She became a volunteer in the Passage homelessness charity, which Cardinal Hume had helped to set up - and which is now given high-profile support by the Prince of Wales.

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Campaigners Save the School Transport RCT/Wales have called for a rethink, expressing concerns about the safety of pupils.

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Wales now sit out the next two Group J matchdays as they play friendlies against Canada and England, before facing Belgium at Cardiff City Stadium on 13 October.

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Currently, all universities in England and Wales charge a fee of £9,535 for an undergraduate degree and the regulator stressed that any changes over fees were for government to decide.

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