English Explanatory Dictionary

England

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The largest and most populous constituent country of the United Kingdom; established in southern Britain by Aethelstan of Wessex in 927.
  2. 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. Synonym of Great Britain or United Kingdom.
  5. A habitational surname from Old English.
  6. A city in Lonoke County, Arkansas, United States.

Pronunciation

/ˈɪŋɡ.lənd/ /ˈɪŋ.ɡə.lənd/ en-uk-England.ogg /ˈɪŋ.lənd/ en-us-England.ogg

Word forms

England Englands

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”).

Synonyms

Albion Blighty England Land of Hope and Glory Limeyland Old Blighty Old Dart perfidious Albion Pomgolia England and Wales Great Britain or United Kingdom

Related words

Anglican anglicise anglicize Anglo- English Englishman Englishwoman Bristolian Brummie Cornish Cornishman Cornishwoman Cumbrian East Anglian Geordie Lancastrian Liverpudlian Loiner Londoner Mancunian Northumbrian Novocastrian Scouser Yorkshireman Yorkshirewoman

Derived words

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

Translations

Abkhaz: Англызтәыла Afrikaans: Engeland Akan: Ngyiresi Albanian: Angli Albanian: Anglia Albanian: Ngirterrë Amharic: ኢንግላንድ Arabic: إِنْجِلْتِرَا Arabic: إِنْقِلْتِرَا Arabic: إِنْكِلْتِرَا Arabic: إِنْكِلْتِرَة Arabic: انجلترا Arabic: إنْقِلْتْرا Arabic: النݣليز Arabic: لينڭليز Najdi Arabic: إنْقِلْتْرا Tunisian Arabic: أنقلترا Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܵܢܓܠܝܵܐ Armenian: Անգլիա Assamese: ইংলেণ্ড Asturian: Inglaterra Azerbaijani: İngiltərə Bashkir: Англия Basque: Ingalaterra Belarusian: А́нглія Belarusian: Анге́льшчына Bengali: ইংল্যান্ড Bengali: বিলাত Bengali: ইংলিস্তান Brahui: Inglistán Breton: Bro-Saoz Bulgarian: А́нглия Burmese: အင်္ဂလန် Burmese: ဘိလပ် Buryat: Англи Carpathian Rusyn: А́нґлія Catalan: Anglaterra Chechen: Англи Chechen: Ингалс Chichewa: Mángalande Chinese Cantonese: 英格蘭 /英格兰 Chinese Cantonese: 英國 /英国 Eastern Min Chinese: 英格蘭 /英格兰 Eastern Min Chinese: 英國 /英国 Hakka Chinese: 英格蘭 /英格兰 Hakka Chinese: 英國 /英国 Chinese: 英格蘭 /英格兰 Chinese: 英國 /英国 Chinese Mandarin: 英格蘭 /英格兰 Chinese Mandarin: 英國 /英国 Wu Chinese: 英格蘭 /英格兰 Wu Chinese: 英國 /英国 Chuvash: Англи West Circassian: Ынджылыз Cornish: Pow Sows Corsican: Inghilterra Czech: Anglie Danish: England Dhivehi: އިނގިރޭސިވިލާތް Dutch: Engeland
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