Europe

Le pays de Galles

Wales

masculine

Going there, being there

au pays de Galles

Coming from

du pays de Galles

Why

Le pays de Galles is masculine and starts with a consonant: à + le contracts into au, which gives au pays de Galles.

The people

un Gallois, une Galloise

Official languages

anglais, gallois

Capital

Cardiff

Example

Le gallois s'entend encore au pays de Galles.

Welsh is still heard in Wales.

Worth knowing

The word pays keeps its small letter: le pays de Galles, and the preposition follows the masculine, hence au pays de Galles.

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