Many place names are named after people but what does Wales mean?

Tabby Tom

It's from the Old English 'wealh', meaning a foreigner, and by extension a slave. Wales, from the Anglo-Saxon point of view, was the land of the foreigners. The Angles and Saxons, like their modern English descendants, believed that facts didn't depend on geography: foreigners were always foreigners, even in their own country. May 28 03, 3:28 PM

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