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Dictionary of
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Origin of the Surname WALES,
WALLIS, WALSH.
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WALES, WALLIS, WALSH.
A native of Wales, a name given by the Anglo-Saxons to the Britons who
originally came from Gaul, which the Saxons pronounced Wealas, Wales,
Welsh, and
Wallia. A principality of Great Britain, on the west of England, one
hundred and twenty miles long, and eighty broad.
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