East Anglia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The area of eastern England occupied by the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk and, depending on whose definitions of the precise boundaries are consulted, some adjacent areas, such as parts of Cambridgeshire and parts of Essex.
  2. A former kingdom in medieval England.

Pronunciation

/ˌiːst ˈæŋ.ɡli.ə/

Word forms

East Anglia

Etymology

From east + Anglia (“the area occupied by the Angles”)

Derived words

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