English word senses marked with place category "Wales"

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Parent categories: United Kingdom, British Isles, Europe, Islands, Earth, Eurasia, Places, Nature, Names
Subcategories: Blaenau Gwent, Wales, Bridgend, Wales, Caerphilly, Wales, Cardiff, Carmarthenshire, Wales, Ceredigion, Wales, Conwy, Wales, Flintshire, Wales, Gwynedd, Wales, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, Monmouthshire, Wales, Neath Port Talbot, Wales, Newport, Pembrokeshire, Wales, Powys, Wales, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, Swansea, Torfaen, Wales, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, Wrexham, Wales

Total 90 word senses

• Blaenau Gwent (Proper name) A county borough of South Wales, first formed in 1974 as a local government district.
• Bridgend (Proper name) A county borough in Wales which includes the town.
• British (Adjective) Of the United Kingdom.
• Caerphilly (Proper name) A county borough in Wales formed in 1996.
• Cambria (Proper name) A number of places in the United States:; A town in Niagara County, New York; some of the early settlers were from Wales.
• Cambrian (Adjective) Of or relating to Wales.
• Cambrian symbol (Noun) The leek as an emblem of Wales.
• Cambro- (Prefix) Welsh.
• Cantre'r Gwaelod (Proper name) A mythical sunken city in Wales, United Kingdom.
• Cardiff (Proper name) A city and county, the capital and largest city of Wales.
• Cardiffian (Noun) Someone from Cardiff.
• Carmarthenshire (Proper name) A maritime traditional county of Wales, bordered by Glamorganshire, Brecknockshire, Cardiganshire and Pembrokeshire.
• Ceredigion (Proper name) A county of Wales, formerly known as Cardiganshire; the county town is Aberaeron.
• Conwy (Proper name) A county borough in Wales; ellipsis of Conwy County Borough.
• Cymric (Adjective) Synonym of Welsh: of or related to Wales, the Welsh people, or the Welsh language.
• Cymro- (Prefix) Welsh.
• Cymru (Proper name) Wales
• Cymry (Noun) Synonym of Welsh: the Welsh people collectively.
• DDJ (Noun) Abbreviation of deputy district judge.
• English law (Proper name) The common law legal system of England and Wales, supplemented in Wales by Welsh law.
• Flintshire (Proper name) A maritime traditional county of Wales, bounded to the north by the Irish Sea, to the northeast by the Dee estuary, to the east by Cheshire and to the south and southwest by Denbighshire. A detached part, Maelor Saesneg, is bounded on the northwest by Denbighshire, on the northeast by Cheshire, and on the south by Shropshire. There is a further small detached part around Marford.
• Gwynedd (Proper name) A county of Wales, in the north-west of the country.
• Heads of the Valleys Road (Proper name) The A465 trunk road in Wales, so-called for at least part of its length as it crosses the tops of the South Wales Valleys.
• Land of Song (Proper name) Wales
• Land of the Red Dragon (Proper name) Wales.
• Merthyr Tydfil (Proper name) A county borough in Glamorgan, south Wales.
• Monmouthshire (Proper name) A maritime traditional county of England and Wales, bordered by to the east by Gloucestershire, to the northeast by Herefordshire, to the north by Brecknockshire, to the west by Glamorganshire and to the south by the Bristol Channel. It was part of England until renamed Gwent and taken into Wales in 1974.
• Monmouthshire (Proper name) A county and local government principal area of Wales which replaced Gwent, bordered by the Forest of Dean, Herefordshire, Powys, Blaenau Gwent, Torfaen and Newport.
• Neath Port Talbot (Proper name) A county borough and unitary authority in South Wales formed in 1996.
• Newport (Proper name) A placename; A locale in the United Kingdom:; A locale in Wales.; A city and unitary authority in south-east Wales, historically in Monmouthshire.
• Newport (Proper name) A placename; A locale in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Jackson County, Arkansas.
• Newport (Proper name) A placename; A locale in the United States:; A city in Kentucky, and one of the two county seats of Campbell County; named for English seaman Christopher Newport.
• Newport (Proper name) A placename; A locale in the United States:; A city in Washington County, Minnesota.
• Newport (Proper name) A placename; A locale in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Lincoln County, Oregon.
• Newport (Proper name) A placename; A locale in the United States:; A city in Newport County, Rhode Island.
• Newport (Proper name) A placename; A locale in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Cocke County, Tennessee.
• Newport (Proper name) A placename; A locale in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Orleans County, Vermont.
• Newport (Proper name) A placename; A locale in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Pend Oreille County, Washington.
• North Wales (Proper name) A geographic region of Wales, covering the most northern part of the country.
• North Walian (Adjective) Of or from North Wales.
• North Walian (Noun) A native or resident of North Wales.
• Pembrokeshire (Proper name) A maritime traditional county of Wales, bordered by Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire.
• Powys (Proper name) A principal area and preserved county of Wales, administrative headquarters Llandrindod Wells.
• Prince of Wales (Noun) A royal title given to the male heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.
• Princess of Wales (Noun) A royal title given to the wife of the Prince of Wales.
• Principality (Proper name) Wales
• Principality of Wales (Proper name) The official name of Wales prior to England's union with Wales in 1542.
• Rhondda Cynon Taf (Proper name) A county borough in South Wales formed in 1996.
• Saint David's Day (Proper name) The feast day of Saint David, patron saint of Wales, celebrated in Wales on March 1.
• Shinkin-ap-Morgan (Noun) A nickname for a Welshman.
• Snowdonian (Adjective) Of or relating to Snowdonia.
• Snowdonian (Noun) A native or inhabitant of Snowdonia.
• South Wales (Proper name) An area of southern Wales bordering the Bristol Channel.
• South Walian (Adjective) Of or from South Wales.
• South Walian (Noun) A native or resident of South Wales.
• Swansea (Proper name) A city and county in South Wales.
• Taffy (Noun) A Welshman.
• TfW (Proper name) Initialism of Transport for Wales.
• Torfaen (Proper name) A county borough in south Wales, previously in Gwent, and historically in Monmouthshire.
• Vale of Glamorgan (Proper name) A county borough of South Wales.
• Wales (Proper name) One of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom, formerly a principality.
• Walian (Adjective) Synonym of Welsh: of or relating to Wales.
• Welsh (Adjective) Of or pertaining to Wales.
• Welsh (Adjective) Of or pertaining to the Celtic language of Wales.
• Welsh (Adjective) Designating plants or animals from or associated with Wales.
• Welsh (Noun) The people of Wales.
• Welsh (Proper name) A town in Louisiana, United States, named for early landowner Henry Welsh.
• Welsh (Proper name) An unincorporated community in Ohio, United States, named for an early settler.
• Welsh cake (Noun) A traditional sweet griddle-baked Welsh flatbread with dried fruit and sometimes spices.
• Welsh law (Proper name) That part of the common law legal system of Wales that supplements English law.
• Welsh not (Noun) A piece of wood or similar object used to discourage the speaking of Welsh in schools. Any child overheard speaking Welsh was given the "not", and the child who had it at the end of the day would be punished.
• Welsh yard (Noun) The llath, a former Welsh unit of length equal to about 40 inches (about 1 m).
• Welsher (Noun) Synonym of Walian: a Welsh person, a Welshman or Welshwoman.
• Welshery (Noun) Alternative form of Welshry
• Welshie (Noun) Alternative spelling of Welshy
• Welshland (Proper name) The land of the Welsh; Wales.
• Welshman (Noun) A man who is a native or inhabitant of Wales.
• Welshwoman (Noun) A woman who is a native or inhabitant of Wales.
• Welshy (Adjective) Synonym of Welsh: of or related to Wales, similar to Welsh people or things.
• Wrexham (Proper name) A county borough in northeastern Wales, United Kingdom, named after the town, formerly belonging to Denbighshire and Clwyd.
• corgi (Noun) Short for Welsh corgi (“a type of herding dog originating from Wales, having a small body, short legs, and fox-like features such as large ears; two separate breeds are recognized: the Cardigan Welsh Corgi and the Pembroke Welsh Corgi”).
• cromlech (Noun) A dolmen or ancient underground tomb in Wales, usually made with stones disposed in a circular shape.
• daffodil (Noun) A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus, with yellow flowers and a trumpet shaped corona, especially Narcissus pseudonarcissus, the national flower of Wales.
• eisteddfod (Noun) Any of several annual festivals in which Welsh poets, dancers, and musicians compete for recognition.
• gorsedd (Noun) A community of bards, usually Welsh, but sometimes Breton or Cornish.
• leek (Noun) Any of several species of Allium, broadly resembling the domesticated plant in appearance in the wild.
• morfa (Noun) A low wetland periodically flooded by salt water; a salt marsh.
• urban district (Noun) a type of local government district, which was created in 1894 in urbanised areas of England and Wales outside boroughs, and in 1898 in Ireland. Abolished in 1974 except those in the Republic of Ireland, which were retitled as towns in 2002.
• 112 (Proper name) The telephone number for emergency services on all GSM cell phones and in the EU, Russia, United Kingdom, Ireland, India, Indonesia, Turkey, Ukraine, Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome, the Seychelles, Uganda, East Timor, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, North Macedonia, Vatican City, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, and S…
• 999 (Proper name) The telephone number for emergency services in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Burma, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Sudan, South Sudan, Sierra Leone, Guyana, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Dominica, Kiribati, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, and the Seychelles.

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