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Wales (wālz)

division of the United Kingdom, occupying a peninsula of WC Great Britain: 8,018 sq mi (20,767 sq km); pop. 2,812,000; chief city, Cardiff

Etymology: OE Wealas, walas < PGmc *walhos < *walh-, Celt: see Welsh

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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