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Meaning of Wales in English

Wales
noun
uk
/weɪlz/ us
/weɪlz/
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a country that is part of the United Kingdom
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  • The national symbol of Wales is a red dragon. 
  • You swim 7.7 kilometers in cold Lake Padarn, cycle 360 kilometers on a very hilly road, and then run 84 kilometers up and down the tallest mountain in Wales. 
(Definition of Wales from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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in Chinese (Traditional)
威爾士（英國的一部分）…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
威尔士（英国的一部分）…
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in Spanish
Gales…
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in Portuguese
País de Gales…
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