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Definitions for Wales

[1] a division of the United Kingdom, in SW Great Britain. 8016 sq. mi. (20,760 sq. km).
[2] a streak, stripe, or ridge produced on the skin by the stroke of a rod or whip; welt.
[3] the vertical rib in knit goods or a chain of loops running lengthwise in knit fabric (opposed to course).
[4] the texture or weave of a fabric.
[5] Nautical . any of certain strakes of thick outside planking on the sides of a wooden ship. gunwale.
[6] Also called breast timber, ranger, waling. Engineering , Building Trades . a horizontal timber or other support for reinforcing various upright members, as sheet piling or concrete form boards, or for retaining earth at the edge of an excavation.
[7] a ridge on the outside of a horse collar.
[8] to mark with wales.
[9] to weave with wales.
[10] Engineering , Building Trades . to reinforce or fasten with a wale or wales.
[11] something that is selected as the best; choice.
[12] to choose; select.
[13] a principality that is part of the United Kingdom, in the west of Great Britain; conquered by the English in 1282; parliamentary union with England took place in 1536: a separate Welsh Assembly with limited powers was established in 1999. Wales consists mainly of moorlands and mountains and has an economy that is chiefly agricultural, with an industrial and former coal-mining area in the south. Capital: Cardiff. Pop: 2 938 000 (2003 est). Area: 20 768 sq km (8017 sq miles) Welsh name: Cymru Medieval Latin name: Cambria
[14] the raised mark left on the skin after the stroke of a rod or whip
[15] the weave or texture of a fabric, such as the ribs in corduroy a vertical row of stitches in knitting Compare course (def. 14)
[16] nautical a ridge of planking along the rail of a ship See gunwale
[17] to raise a wale or wales on by striking
[18] to weave with a wale
[19] a choice
[20] anything chosen as the best
[21] choice
[22] (tr) to choose

Words related to Wales

streak, ridge, weal, texture, mark, welt, strip, grain, rib, weave

Words nearby Wales

waldstein, waldsterben, waldwick, wale, waler, Wales, walesa, lech, waley, walfish bay, walhalla, wali

Origin of Wales

21250–1300; Middle English wal(e ) < Old Norse val choice, velja to choose

Word origin for Wales

C14: from Old Norse val choice, related to German Wahl

Synonyms for Wales

grain, mark, rib, ridge, streak, strip, texture, weal, weave, welt