England
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old English Engla land (“‘land of the Angles’”), from genitive plural of engle (“‘Angle’”) + land (“‘land’”).
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England
- The southern part of the island of Great Britain next to Wales, now specified geopolitically as one of the constituent countries of the United Kingdom.
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- Outside the United Kingdom, and even in England itself, the term “England” is often misused as a synonym for the United Kingdom as a whole.
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England
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Related terms
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England n.
- England
[edit] Icelandic
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- IPA: /ˈeiŋ.lant/
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England n.
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| n-s | Singular | Plural | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | England | - | - | - |
| Accusative | England | - | - | - |
| Dative | Englandi | - | - | - |
| Genitive | Englands | - | - | - |
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England
- England