Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: wales
IPA transcription: [w'eɪlz]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Wales, Cymru, Cambria
    Meaning: 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
Usage examples
  • "It's the Princess of Wales."
  • "She is in Wales with her people.
  • The latter presented him with another dispatch from the Prince of Wales.
  • Many hundreds of years ago their forefathers lived in England and later on in Wales.
  • "His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and suite, Sir Percy Blakeney, Lady Blakeney."
  • The prince, not six days old, was created prince of Wales, duke of Cornwall, and earl of Chester.
  • His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales had promised to be present. He was coming on presently from the opera.
  • In many places of the coast of South Wales, they found very good coal; a circumstance that was not before known.
  • I shall be at home to nobody, Withers, this afternoon, even if the Prince of Wales came and sat on my doorstep again.
  • The first result of this deliberation was that the prayer for the Prince of Wales ceased to be read in the Princess's chapel.