England

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Most common English words: hold « cause « close « #419: England » sense » ten » beautiful

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From Old English Engla land (land of the Angles), from genitive plural of engle (Angle) + land (land).

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Singular
England

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England

  1. 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 n.

  1. England

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  • IPA: /ˈeiŋ.lant/

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England n.

  1. England

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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

  1. England