Welsh Marches

English

Alternative forms

• the Marches

Etymology

From French marche (“frontier area, border lands”), Old English mearc (“boundary”).

Noun

Welsh Marches (plural the Welsh Marches)

1. The lands in the vicinity of the Welsh-English border.

Related terms

• Marcher lord

Translations

The Welsh-English border area

• Latin: Marchia Walliae
• Welsh: ^{(please verify)} Y Mers

Further reading

• Welsh Marches on Wikipedia.Wikipedia