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Wales
Questions related to Wales, the mountainous country in the west of the island of Britain, which is part of the United Kingdom. It is known as Cymru in the Welsh language.
1,626 Questions
Do African people greet each other by kissing?
Benin: young men often snap fingers when shaking hands Botswana: people lightly touch hands and ask, "How did you wake?" Central African Republic: slap right hands, grap each others middle finger, snap the other persons finger Gabon: shake a persons hand with both hands Mauritania: some greet by saying, "On you no evil" Mozambique: northern people clap hands three times before saying hello Niger: Kanouri people shake a fist at head level and call, "Wooshay! Wooshay!" [ Hello! Hello! ] South Africa: "Howzit" is a common greeting. Some interlock pinkies, clasp fists, back to pinkies. Swaziland: Greeting is, " I see you." Zambia: Some greet by gently squeezing a thumb.
What vegetable most associated with Wales starts with L?
The leek is associated with Wales. It is a national emblem of Wales. One of the British coins includes the leek on the reverse side of the coin to represent Wales as part of Britain.
When was beef and lamb advert on?
The Welsh Lamb and Beef - Welsh Beef Will Not Fail advert was on back in Late 2007. Please visit the Related Links section below to watch the advert online and for more information.
How many miles is it to Wales from Portsmouth?
231 MILES according to our friends at GOOGLE maps
Mind you they seem to think Wales is some farmers Field Near Ponterwyd
How much in petrol will it cost to travel from Cardiff to Glasgow?
From Cardiff to Glasgow is some 400 miles and would cost about £75 in petrol.
DSA Mod 2 motorcycle test routes in Bangor north Wales?
Go to www.direct.gov and view your practical test centre - you can download test routes from there. www.aprilia-merseyside.com for all your motorcycle rider training needs
How much will a speeding ticket cost for doing 70 in a 60 mph zone in wales?
A Fixed Penalty Notice is what you would most likely be issued with for speeding at 70 in a 60 mph zone. This will cost £60 plus 3 points on your licence. A Court Summons might be issued if you were speeding at 86 mph or above in a 60 mph zone, or 96 or above in a 70 mph zone. If you have been issued with a Court Summons you could be fined up to £1,000, or £2,500 if speeding on a motorway, get between 2 and 6 penalty points and a possible disqualification.
Jimmy Wales is 51 years old (birthdate: August 7, 1966).
He is a co-founder of Wikipedia.
What is a small boat made with material stretched over a wooden frame?
It is a canoe.
Or a coracle. or a kayak.
Who invented the Welsh Longbow?
The idea of any Welsh (or English) longbow before the 14th century has no basis in fact; despite many clumsy attempts to fabricate historical evidence where none exists.
The Old Welsh word bwa means simply "a bow", as does the Latin arcus, the Anglo-Norman arc and the Early Middle English word boue. These are the only words used to describe bows in Wales and England up to the late 13th century and not one of them means "longbow"; no actual examples of bows from the early period exist; no descriptions of the size of bows from that era exist and the theory that all bows must be longbows is total nonsense.
The Welsh were certainly using longbows later in the medieval period, when English archers were also using them.
All that we can say with certainty is that the bow (in some form) was being used in both Wales and England in the period 1066 to 1250 and that after that date (at some unknown time) longbows were being used by both Welsh and English archers.
Without some new, unfabricated evidence from the period we can not know any more than that.
When was the stables at Dowlais Merthyr Tydfil Built?
The former Dowlais Ironworks Stables (now called Dowlais Stables) was built for Sir Josiah John Guest in 1820. The building is a rectangular plan of ranges set round a railway-served central yard. The south west range has two-storeys with centre and end pavilions separating 9-bay ranges and there is a tall central arch, through which the railway passed, with a circular clock face. The large first-floor rooms were used as a boys school until the Dowlais Schools 200 yards away were built in 1854-5. Soldiers were stationed there for several years after the Merthyr riots of 1831. The stables closed in the 1930s and the site became derelict. In the late 1970s unauthorised demolition started, but was brought to a halt. The whole site was bought by the "Merthyr Tydfil Heritage Trust" in 1981 and subsequently turned into flats. The south east facade walls were also substantially rebuilt. Of the original structure, only the southeast range and Stables House on the north west range currently survive.
Swansea and in particular the docks area was bombed between 19-21 February 1941. Records show that some 230 people were killed and more than 400 were injured.
Who was Owain Glyndwr's mother?
His father was Gruffydd Fychan II and his mother was Elen ferch Tomas ap Llywelyn.
How long does it take to drive to Cardiff Wales from Birmingham England?
2 hours 8 minutes - see the link below.
What are the two main cities in Wales?
That would depend on what definition you're giving to "main". Cardiff is the capital and has the largest population (approx. 300,000 maybe more). The Welsh Assembly Government is based in Cardiff Bay.
In terms of population size, Swansea is second largest, with Newport third. Swansea is also the second city of Wales.
Swansea enjoyed a period of importance during the Industrial Revolution as it was used as a port exporting coal and other items mined from the Welsh countyside.
What was wales called before wales?
Well , originally it wouldn't have had an English alternative (Wales) and would have always been Cymru (I think)
In the same way , while England had complete power over us , they also forced us to change many on the towns names - this is why some towns have English names , and almost all towns have an English alternative (e.g Cardiff = Caerdydd)
Another opinion:The Welsh people are called Cymry. The Romans called Wales Cambria. The word may derive from Old Welsh kombrogà (compatriots). Another opinion:"Wales" comes from Wealhas a Germanic word meaning "foreigner" or something similar and was given by Germanic people to their neighbours who had previously been living under the Romans - for example Wallonia in Belgium (the French speaking bit) and Wallachia in Romania. The Welsh only began calling themselves "Cymry" and their land "Cymru" in the Middle Ages. Prior to this they had universally called themselves Bryttaniait meaning "Britons" and their island home was called Ynys Prydein, or the Isle of Britain. In the Dark Ages following the end of the Roman Occupation what we know as Wales was made up of numerous small kingdoms and a concept of "Wales" did not exist, people would have considered the geographical portions of Wales as part of Gwynedd or Powys et c.The name "Cambria" is latin and may be a derrivation of an earlier Welsh word something like Kambrwg. In Welsh legend the island of Britain was divided at some point with a king called Kamber map Brwth inheriting the mountainous west now known as Wales which was afterwards named in his honour.
The names "Britain" and "Britons" (and variations of those words) was first recorded by the Greeks in about 325BC as Prettanike or Î Ïεττανοι. This appears to derrive from a native name for the land and people at the time; Pretani - the origins of which are confusing but according to ancient Welsh legend may derive from an ancient God or King called Bryt or Brwth (Latin: Brutus) who is remembered for leading his followers to the island and it was named or rather, renamed in his honour.
Various Roman and Greek geographies (such as Pliny, Caesar and others) state that the "Pretannic" or "Britannic" islands were anciently called "Albion" (Ἀλβίων) or insula Albionum. This may come from the Latin word Albus meaning "white". Welsh chroniclers writing in the 12th Century record the name Y Wen Ynys (meaning The White Island or The Fair Island) as the original name for the country. Some experts assert that Albion is a distortion of the Celtic words Alw-ion meaning something like "beautiful enclosure".
With all this, history becomes legend and legend becomes myth and the further back you go the more sketchy it is!
How far is wales from derbyshire?
From the Derbyshire border to the Welsh border is about 70 miles, this will vary depending on the start and finish point and the route taken.
Name all the Wales in Portugal?
The people of Galicia in Portugal have made several applications to be considered a Celtic nation, and in fact B (the 'Celtic' bloodgroup) is prominent in the region.
But Galicia is no more Brythonic than many other parts of Europe, and Portuguese is certainly not a Celtic language - so overall it makes more sense to consider the Galicians as Romance.
