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It is the name of one of the four Provinces of Ireland, consisting of the nine northern counties of the island, that was partitioned between the United Kingdom (six counties) and the Republic of Ireland (three counties). It is an alternative name for Northern Ireland, used by many in the Unionist community. It consists of the six north-eastern ...
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The name "West European Isles" is one translation of the islands' name in the Gaelic languages of Irish [222] and Manx, [223] with equivalent terms for "British Isles". [224] [225] In Old Icelandic, the name of the British Isles was Vestrlönd, 'the Western lands'. The name of a person from the British Isles was a Vestmaðr, 'a man from the ...
Wales Island may refer to: Wales Island (British Columbia) Wales Island (Nunavut) Wales Island (Ungava), also part of Nunavut; See also. Prince of Wales Island ...
In 2024, a petition called for the prohibition of the name "Wales" and for the Welsh name Cymru to be the only name. The petition had gained 5,400 signatures by 4 January 2024, [28] [14] and over 10,000 by 15 January, meeting the threshold for a Senedd debate. [29] [30] A counter-petition was launched afterwards. [31]
There are no islands of any great size in lakes in Wales. The crannog in Llangorse Lake is an artificial island. Several reservoirs contain islets e.g. Llyn Brenig, Elan Valley Reservoirs and Llyn Trawsfynydd, the last named having the largest and most numerous, though some are linked by causeways.
Latin place names are not always exclusive to one place — for example, there were several Roman cities whose names began with Colonia and then a more descriptive term. During the Middle Ages, these were often shortened to just Colonia. One of these, Colonia Agrippinensis, retains the name today in the form of Cologne (from French, German Köln).
The modern Welsh name for themselves is Cymry, and Cymru is the Welsh name for Wales. These words (both of which are pronounced [ˈkəm.rɨ] ) are descended from the Brythonic word combrogi , meaning "fellow-countrymen", [ 18 ] [ 19 ] and probably came into use before the 7th century. [ 20 ]