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語源

From 中期英語 Wales, from 古期英語 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.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation, 米国発音) enPR: wālz, IPA: /weɪlz/, [weɪɫz]
• 韻: -eɪlz
• 異形同音異義語: wales, whales (wine–whine merger); wails (pane–pain merger)

固有名詞

Wales (countable and uncountable, plural Waleses)

1. One of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom, formerly a principality.

   Meronyms: North Wales, South Wales; see also Category:Places in Wales

   • 1953 June, “Royal Railway Journeys”, in Railway Magazine, page 364:

     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.

   • 2022 June 28, Jamie Millar, “'SARM Goblins': The Young Men Hooked on Steroids”, in VICE‎, archived from the original on 7 November 2023:

     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.

2. (historical) The area in which the Welsh language and culture predominated, roughly coincident with the modern country.
3. A surname.
4. A hamlet in Queen Camel parish, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6824).
5. A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4883).
6. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A minor city in Nome Census Area, Alaska.
   2. A town in Androscoggin County, Maine.
   3. A town in Hampden County, Massachusetts.
   4. A township in St. Clair County, Michigan.
   5. A town in Erie County, New York.
   6. A minor city in Cavalier County, North Dakota.
   7. A town in Sanpete County, Utah.
   8. A village in Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
7. A submerged ghost town in Ontario, Canada.

同意語

• (country or Welsh area): Cymru, Welshland
• The Principality

関連する語

• Lake Wales
• Little England beyond Wales
• New South Wales
• (constituent country): Welsh

統計情報

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Wales is the 6602 most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5,133 individuals. Wales is most common among White (88.04%) individuals.

参照

アナグラム

• lawes, Swale, sweal, alews, weals, Slewa, swale, aswel

語源

From 古期英語 Wēalas, plural of wealh; equivalent to wale (“outsider”) +‎ -es.

発音

• IPA: /ˈwaːl(ə)s/

固有名詞

Wales

1. Wales (a medieval principality and region of the Kingdom of England)

派生した語

• English: Wales
• Scots: Wales

参照

• “Wāles, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 May 2018.