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Wales
[ weylz ]
noun
- a division of the United Kingdom, in SW Great Britain. 8,016 sq. mi. (20,760 sq. km).
Wales
/ ɱɪ /
noun
- 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 nameCymru Medieval Latin nameCambria
Wales
- One of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , occupying the western peninsula of the island of Great Britain . Its capital and largest city is Cardiff.
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But the Welsh government said this was based on England's costs rather than Wales' actual needs and Downing Street had left it with a "significant shortfall".
In February, the Church in Wales launched an investigation into a "very serious and urgent" safeguarding issue at Bangor Cathedral in Gwynedd, although details were not revealed.
"Politics doesn't work for many people" in Wales, according to the chair of a group tasked with improving democracy.
She said she never heard the air raid siren go off at Bletchley Park which contrasted with her time in Wales.
But it is difficult to shun the limelight completely when Gareth Bale – Wales' greatest player of all, in most people's eyes – describes you as a "legend".
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