P-04-355 Cymru not Wales

Petition wording:

We call upon the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to formally drop the name “Wales & Welsh”. Wales comes from the Anglo-saxon word Waleas meaning "foreigner" We find this word insulting and that our nation should only be known as its original name ‘Cymru’ (land of comrades or countrymen).After over a thousand years of being called “foreigner” well feel its time this degrading word should be relinquished.

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Petition raised by: Dennis Morris

Date petition first considered by Committee: 10 January 2012

Number of signatures:119