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England

name
/ˈɪŋɡ.lənd/UK/ˈɪŋɡ.lənd/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *angliz Old English Engle Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-West Germanic *land Old English land Old English Engla land Middle English Engelond English England From Middle English Engelond, England, from Old English Engla land (literally “land of the Angles”), from genitive of Engle (“the Angles”) + land (“land”).

  1. inherited from Engla land
  2. inherited from Engelond

Definitions

  1. The largest and most populous constituent country of the United Kingdom

    The largest and most populous constituent country of the United Kingdom; established in southern Britain by Aethelstan of Wessex in 927.

    • Holonyms: Great Britain, Britain < United Kingdom, UK < Earth, World
    • We thoroughly enjoyed our vacation in Britain. We visited England, Wales, and Scotland.
    • Just close your eyes and think of England.

  2. The territory of the Angles and (later) Anglo-Saxons in Britain at any given time before…

    The territory of the Angles and (later) Anglo-Saxons in Britain at any given time before the founding of the Kingdom of England, or the territory of the English people at any given time, in either the Kingdom of England or the United Kingdom.

  3. Synonym of England and Wales.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Synonym of Great Britain or United Kingdom.

      • England expects that every man will do his duty.
      • There is a very near analogy between the position of the President of the United States and that of the Prime Minister of England, and both are paid at much the same rate — the income of a second-class professional man.
      • Another twenty years along the present line of development, and India will be a peasant republic linked with England only by voluntary alliance.

    2. A habitational surname from Old English.

    3. A city in Lonoke County, Arkansas, United States.

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Derived

Church of England, close one's eyes and think of England, Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, East of England, England and Wales, Englander, for England, Garden of England, Kingdom of England, lie back and think of England, Little England beyond Wales, Little Englander, Middle England, Middle Englander, New England, North East England, Northern England, Northern England English, North of England, safe as the Bank of England, South East England, think of England

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for England. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA