Wales

geographical name

ˈwālz 

variants or Welsh Cymru

ˈkəm-ˌrē 

or Medieval Latin Cambria

ˈkam-brē-ə 

country in southwestern Great Britain, a division of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland bordering on the Irish Sea, Saint George's Channel, and the Celtic Sea; capital Cardiff area 8016 square miles (20,761 square kilometers), population 3,063,456