1. 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
   - Cymru, Cambria [archaic]

1. A raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip), characteristic of many allergic reactions
   "The allergic reaction caused wales to appear on her arms";
   - welt, weal, wheal
    
2. Thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship
   "The shipwright carefully fitted the wale to reinforce the hull";
   - strake

Sounds like: waivers, w, Wales, wales, wails

Type of: board, harm, hurt, injury, plank, princedom, principality, trauma

Part of: Blighty [UK, slang], Britain, Great Britain, Pommyland [Austral, NZ, informal], U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, vessel, watercraft

Encyclopedia: Wales, Robert