Definition of wales Wales
/wejˈlz/ - [weylz] - Wales
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NounSingular: wale |
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| wales - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria | ||
| Cymru, Cambria | ||
| britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland, great britain a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom | ||
| aberdare a mining town in southern Wales | ||
| bangor a town in southeastern Northern Ireland | ||
| cardiff the capital and largest city of Wales | ||
| newport a port city in southeastern Wales | ||
| sealyham a village in southwestern Wales where the Sealyham terrier was first bred | ||
| swansea a port city in southern Wales on an inlet of the Bristol Channel | ||
| anglesea, anglesea island, anglesey, anglesey island, mona an island to the northwest of Wales | ||
| menai strait a strait in northern Wales between Anglesey Island and the mainland | ||
| river severn, severn, severn river a river in England and Wales flowing into the Bristol Channel; the longest river in Great Britain | ||
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- wales (Noun)
Plural of wale.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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wales
One of the constituent nations of the United Kingdom, occupying part of the southwestern portion of the island of Great Britain, with capital Cardiff.
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️
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wales
preceintes, an assemblage of strong planks extending along a ship’s side, throughout her whole length, at different heights, and serving to reinforce the decks, and form the curves by which the vessel appears light and graceful on the water.As the wales are framed of planks broader and thicker than the rest, they resemble ranges of hoops encircling the sides and bows. They are usually distinguished into the main-wale and the channel-wale; the breadth and thickness of which are expressed by Q and R in the MIDSHIP-FRAME, plate VII. and their length is exhibited in the ELEVATION, plate I. where L Q Z is the main-wale, and D R X the channel-wale, parallel to the former.The situation of the wales, being ascertained by no invariable rule, is generally submitted to the fancy and judgment of the builder. The position of the gun-ports and scuppers ought, however, to be particularly considered on this occasion, that the wales may not be wounded by too many breaches.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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wales
The thickest strakes of wrought stuff in a vessel. Strong planks extending all along the outward timbers on a ship's side, a little above her water-line; they are synonymous with bends (which see). The channel-wale is below the lower-deck ports, and the main-wale between the top of those ports and the sills of the upper-deck ports.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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wales
(anc. Britannia Secunda). A principality in the southwest part of Great Britain. After the Roman emperor Honorius quitted Britain, Vortigern was elected king of South Britain. He invited over the Saxons to defend his country against the Picts and Scots; but the Saxons perfidiously sent for reinforcements, consisting of Saxons, Danes, and Angles, by which they made themselves masters of South Britain. Many of the Britons retired to Wales, and defended themselves against the Saxons, in their inaccessible mountains, about 447. In this state Wales remained unconquered till Henry II. subdued South Wales in 1157; and in 1282, Edward I. entirely reduced the whole country, putting an end to its independence, by the death of Llewelyn, the last prince. The Welsh, however, were not entirely reconciled to this revolution, till the queen gave birth to a son at Caernarvon in 1284, whom Edward styled prince of Wales, which title the heir to the crown of Great Britain has borne almost ever since. For further history of Wales, see separate articles in this work.
Wikipedia 
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Wales (Welsh: Cymru) is a state of United Kingdom. It is one of the five Celtic states (Republic of Ireland, which is also Celtic, is a country) and it is part of the former. Wales is to the west side of England. The capital of Wales is Cardiff (in Welsh: "Caerdydd"), which has 325,000 people. The National Assembly of Wales is in Cardiff.
The highest mountains in Wales are in Gwynedd, in the north-west, and include Snowdon "(or Yr Wyddfa)", which is the highest peak in Wales at 1085 m (3,560 ft).
Wales has a population of just under three million people. The majority of the population lives in the South and the East of the country. The main languages spoken in Wales are English and Welsh. Welsh is a Celtic language, related to Cornish and Breton. About one out of every five people in Wales speaks it.
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