Gwalia

Gwalia

Gwalia is an archaic Welsh name for Wales. It dervies 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.

ee also

*Walha
*Etymology of Vlach
*Cambria

also gold mining town in Western Australiahttp://www.gwalia.org.au/


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