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wales

Wales
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [weylz]
    • /weɪlz/
    • /weɪlz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [weylz]
    • /weɪlz/

Definitions of wales word

  • noun wales something that is selected as the best; choice. 1
  • verb with object wales to choose; select. 1
  • noun wales Plural form of wale. 1
  • noun wales country: part of the United Kingdom 1
  • noun wales 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: 3 063 456 (2011 est). Area: 20 768 sq km (8017 sq miles) 0
  • noun wales Jimmy (Donal). born 1966, US internet entrepreneur and educator; co-founder (2001) of the open-source online encyclopedia Wikipedia 0

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Origin of wales

First appearance:

before 1050
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1050; (noun) Middle English; Old English walu ridge, rib, wheal; cognate with Old Norse vǫlr, Gothic walus rod, wand; (v.) late Middle English, derivative of the noun

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Parts of speech for Wales

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

wales popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

wales usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for wales

noun wales

  • grains — a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
  • marks — Plural form of mark.
  • ribs — one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
  • welts — a ridge or wale on the surface of the body, as from a blow of a stick or whip.

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