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<blockquote type="cite" cite> I doubt Ron's derivation of Wales.
I understand it comes from Galicia of which there was one
in old Anatolia, hardly a place where Old English was
spoken.</blockquote>
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Christina Paulston</blockquote>
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<div>Christina, I could be wrong. I'm going by my American Heritage
Dictionary of the English Language, New College Edition (1980), which
gives the etymology as:</div>
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<div>Middle English<i> Wales,</i> Old English<i> Wealas</i>, [...]
plural of<i> wealh,</i> foreigner, Roman, Celt, Welshman.</div>
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<div>Ron</div>
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