England

Eng-land · proper_noun

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Definitions

proper_noun

  1. 1.

    A country that is part of the United Kingdom, located in the southern portion of the island of Great Britain.

Related words

See also: English, United Kingdom, britain

Etymology

From Old English Englaland ("land of the Angles"), from Engle ("the Angles," a Germanic tribe) + land ("land"). The Angles were one of the Germanic peoples who settled in Britain during the 5th and 6th centuries.