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
- Part of the island of Great Britain next to Wales, to the south of Scotland. Now specified geopolitically as one of the constituent countries of the United Kingdom.
- A habitational surname.
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- Outside the United Kingdom, and even in England itself, the term “England” often refers to the United Kingdom as a whole.
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England
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Most common English words before 1923: hold · cause · close · #419: England · sense · ten · beautiful
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England n.
- England
[edit] Icelandic
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Old Norse Ęngland.
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- IPA: /ˈeiŋ.lant/
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England n.
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declension of England
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England n.
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England
- England
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