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Wales

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
weɪlz

Definitions

  1. One of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom, formerly a principality.
  2. The area in which the Welsh language and culture predominated, roughly coincident with the modern country.
  3. A surname.
  4. A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4883).
  5. A number of places in the United States:
  6. A city in Alaska.
  7. A town in Maine.
  8. A town in Massachusetts.
  9. A town in New York.
  10. A city in North Dakota.
  11. A town in Utah.
  12. A village in Wisconsin.
  13. A submerged ghost town in Ontario, Canada.

Equivalents

49 more languages
አማርኛዌልስ
Azərbaycan diliUels
БългарскиУелс
Catalàgal·lès
ČeštinaWales
CymraegCymru
DanskWales
ΕλληνικάΟυαλία
EsperantoKimrio
EuskaraGales
Galegogalés
ગુજરાતીવેલ્સ
हिन्दीवेल्स
MagyarWales
ՀայերենՈւելս
Bahasa IndonesiaWales
ItalianoGalles
ქართულიუელსი
ភាសាខ្មែរវ៉ែល
한국어웨일스
ລາວການ
LietuviųVelsas
LatviešuVelsa
Te Reo Māoriwera
МакедонскиВелс
မြန်မာဝေးလံ
NederlandsWales
PolskiWalia
PortuguêsPaís de Gales
RomânăWales
SlovenčinaWales
Gagana SamoaUelese
ShqipUellsi
SvenskaWales
TagalogGales
TürkçeGaller
УкраїнськаУельс
O'zbekchaUels
Tiếng ViệtUên

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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