Wales
[weilz]
Definition
(noun.) 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.
Checker: Truman--From WordNet
Examples
- In 1804, at Pen y Darran, South Wales, a third engine was built, which was the first steam locomotive ever to run on rails. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Next I reflected that Frederick Lamb was younger than the Prince; but then again, a Prince of Wales! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- We found the hotel and secured rooms, and were happy to know that the Prince of Wales had stopped there once. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Minerals in Lancashire and Wales. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I gave Magwitch that caution, said Mr. Jaggers, looking hard at me; I wrote it to New South Wales. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- In many parts of Scotland and Wales it affords none. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I wonder, thought I, what sort of a nightcap the Prince of Wales wears? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Wales, a merchant of Boston, conceived the idea of sending American boot and shoe lasts to Brazil for use in place of their clay models. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- When I was a boy, he says, the Prince of Wales, the late King Edward, came to Canada (1860). Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Of Dolly's journey to Wales with Mr. Scot. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Why, I was first reserve for England against Wales, and I've skippered the 'Varsity all this year. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- You can't have verbal communication with a man in New South Wales, you know. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Yes, I replied, and his name is Provis--from New South Wales. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I wish I had gone into some country place in Wales; this is really terrible,' said he, going up to the window. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Address: Carlton House Terrace; Holdernesse Hall, Hallamshire; Carston Castle, Bangor, Wales. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
Typist: Pierce