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Meaning of Wales | Babel Free

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

አማርኛ ዌልስ
العربية علامات وِيلْز
Azərbaycanca Uels
Беларуская Ва́лія Уэльс Ўэльс
Български Уелс
Català gal·lès
Čeština Wales
Cymraeg Cymru
Dansk Wales
Deutsch Wales Wallis
Ελληνικά Ουαλία
Esperanto Kimrio
Euskara Gales
Suomi kymri Wales
Français Pays de Galles Wales
Galego galés
ગુજરાતી વેલ્સ
हिन्दी वेल्स
Magyar Wales
Հայերեն Ուելս
Bahasa Indonesia Wales
Italiano Galles
ქართული უელსი
ខ្មែរ វ៉ែល
한국어 웨일스
Latina Cambria Wallia
ລາວ ການ
Lietuvių Velsas
Latviešu Velsa
Te Reo Māori wera
Македонски Велс
မြန်မာဘာသာ ဝေးလံ
Nederlands Wales
Polski Walia
Português País de Gales
Română Wales
Slovenčina Wales
Gagana Sāmoa Uelese
Shqip Uellsi
Svenska Wales
ไทย เวลส์
Tagalog Gales
Türkçe Galler
Українська Уельс
Oʻzbekcha Uels
Tiếng Việt Uên

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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