"Welshland" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Welsh + land. Compare Old English wēalland (“foreign country, Normandy”). Cognate with German Wälschland (“Italy”, literally “foreign-land”), German Welschland (“French-speaking Switzerland”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|Welsh|land}} Welsh + land, {{cog|ang|wēalland||foreign country, Normandy}} Old English wēalland (“foreign country, Normandy”), {{cog|de|Wälschland||Italy|lit=foreign-land}} German Wälschland (“Italy”, literally “foreign-land”), {{cog|de|Welschland||French-speaking Switzerland}} German Welschland (“French-speaking Switzerland”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Welshland
  1. (dated) The land of foreigners; a foreign land, originally applied to Celtic lands, but later extended to include Roman and Romance-speaking areas. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-Welshland-en-name-UFBtlvJu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 0
  2. (rare) The land of the Welsh; Wales. Tags: rare Categories (place): Wales
    Sense id: en-Welshland-en-name-7~jGvg6t Disambiguation of Wales: 28 66 6
  3. (rare, historical, usually following German terminology) Italy. Tags: historical, rare
    Sense id: en-Welshland-en-name-qmBaGLQD

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