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Gwalia is an archaic Welsh name for Wales. It derives from the Medieval Latin ''Wallia'', which in turn is a Latinisation of the English 'Wales'. (For the Germanic etymology of this name see Walha.) Although never as widely used as ''Cymru'', Gwalia was once popular as a poetic name for the country, akin to Albion. The name originated in the Middle Ages and there are several instances of it in Late Medieval Welsh poetry. Possibly the best-known is in 'Yr Awdl Fraith', a long poem or ''awdl'' attributed to Taliesin, and one of the most popular of the period. It imagines ''gwyllt Walia'' (Wild Gwalia) rising up against the Saxon invaders of Britain. In the nineteenth century, at the height of Romanticism, the name Gwalia once again became popular among writers. It has now largely fallen out of use due to its Victorian associations. ==See also== *Cambria *Etymology of Vlach *Walha 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gwalia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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