Wales - Cymru |
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Wales is part of the United Kingdom. The capital, and largest
city, is Cardiff. Cardiff is known as Caerdydd in the native Welsh language, Cymraeg. The population of Wales is circa
3,000,000. The Welsh call their land Cymru. The name
Wales comes from a Germanic term meaning "foreigner" or
"stranger." |
Capital: Truro |
Population: Circa 513,000 |
Interesting facts: |
The Welsh motto is: "Cymru am byth" ("Wales forever"). |
Although not actually Welsh, the heir to the British throne is
known as the Prince of Wales. |
The Welsh are ethnically descended from the ancient Britons who
were pushed west by invading Germanic tribes, such as the
Angles, Jutes, and Saxons, beginning in the 400s C.E. |
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