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A country in the west of the island of Great Britain, next to England, and one of the four parts of the United Kingdom, along with England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. About three million people live there; the capital is Cardiff.
in the west of the island of Great Britain在大不列顛島西部、 next to England緊鄰英格蘭的 A country一個國家， and也是 the United Kingdom聯合王國 one of the four parts of四個組成部分之一， along with England, Scotland and Northern Ireland與英格蘭、蘇格蘭和北愛爾蘭並列。About three million people大約三百萬人 live there住在那裡； the capital首府 is Cardiff是卡地夫
It has its own language, Welsh, which is a Celtic language and looks nothing like English on the page — and in Welsh the country's own name for itself is , not Wales at all. It was an independent land until Edward I of England conquered it in 1284.
It它 has its own language, Welsh有自己的語言，威爾斯語， which is a Celtic language那是一種凱爾特語言， and on the page而且寫在紙面上 looks nothing like English看起來完全不像英文 — and in Welsh而在威爾斯語裡 the country's own name for itself這個國家對自己的稱呼 is Cymru是 Cymru， not Wales at all完全不是 Wales。It它 was曾是 an independent land一片獨立的土地， until直到 Edward I of England英格蘭的愛德華一世 in 1284在1284年 conquered it把它征服
The picture people carry of Wales is mountains, sheep, rain, castles, coal mines that have now closed, male voice choirs, and rugby.
The picture people carry of Wales人們心中威爾斯的畫面 is是 mountains山、 sheep羊、 rain雨、 castles城堡、 coal mines that have now closed如今已關閉的煤礦、 male voice choirs男聲合唱團 and rugby和橄欖球
Two grammar points. The word looks plural because of the -s, but it is singular: Wales is a small country. And be careful with the family of words around it — the country is Wales, the adjective and the language are Welsh, and a person is a Welshman, a Welshwoman, or simply Welsh.
Two grammar points兩個文法要點。The word這個字 because of the -s因為字尾的 -s looks plural看起來像複數， but it is singular但它是單數： Wales is a small country威爾斯是一個小國家。And be careful with還要小心 the family of words around it它周邊的一家字 — the country國家 is Wales是 Wales， the adjective and the language形容詞和語言 are Welsh是 Welsh， and a person一個人 is a Welshman, a Welshwoman是 Welshman、Welshwoman， or simply Welsh或就說 Welsh
組成來自古英語 Wēalas，是 wealh 的複數，意思是「凱爾特人、外族人」，再往前是原始日耳曼語 *walhaz（凱爾特人、羅馬人）。也就是說，這個國名本來是盎格魯撒克遜人給鄰居取的稱呼，意思接近「那些外人」；威爾斯人自己叫自己的國家 Cymru，意思是「同胞」。
原始詞典資料16 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Walesname/weɪlz/
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One of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom, formerly a principality.
- Meronyms: North Wales, South Wales; see also Category:Places in Wales
- Reassured and pleased with the railway, the Queen returned from Paddington to Slough on June 23, bringing with her the infant Prince of Wales, afterwards King Edward VII.
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historicalThe area in which the Welsh language and culture predominated, roughly coincident with the modern country.
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A surname.
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A hamlet in Queen Camel parish, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6824).
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A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4883).
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A number of places in the United States:
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A number of places in the United States:
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A number of places in the United States:
另外 6 個記錄的用法
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A number of places in the United States:
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A number of places in the United States:
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A number of places in the United States:
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A number of places in the United States:
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A number of places in the United States:
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A submerged ghost town in Ontario, Canada.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。