England

English thumb|National flag of England thumb|Location of England in Europe Etymology en British region :inh enm:Engelond<id:British region> 1 From en enm Engelond, enm England, from en ang Engla land land of the Angles, from genitive of ang Engle the Angles + ang land land. Pronunciation en /ˈɪŋ.ɡlənd/ /ˈɪŋ.ɡə.lənd/ non-standard UK en en-uk-England.ogg UK en /ˈɪŋ.ɡlənd/ /ˈɪŋ.lənd/ also US,CA en en-us-England.ogg US en /ˈɪŋ.ɡlənd/ AU en /ˈɪŋ.ɡlæːnɖ/ India en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Dev Jadiya-England.wav Madhya Pradesh en Eng land Proper noun - s en Q21 en The largest and most populous <<constituent country>> of the <<c/United Kingdom>> ;; established in southern Britain by Æthelstan Aethelstan of House of Wessex Wessex in 927. a <<constituent country>> of the <<c/United Kingdom>> en Thesaurus:England en Great Britain<id:Q23666> Britain<id:Q23666> < United Kingdom<id:Q145> UK<id:Q145> < Earth<id:Q2> World<id:Q2> en We thoroughly enjoyed our vacation in Britain. We visited England, Wales, and Scotland. en Just close your eyes and think of England. II i Gaunt ...This royall throne of Kings, this sceptred Ile,This earth of maiesty, this seate of Mars,This other Eden, demy Paradice,This fortresse built by Nature for her selfe,Against infection and the hand of warre,This happy breede of men, this little world,This precious stone set in the siluer sea,Which serues it in the office of a wall,Or as moate defensiue to a house,Against the enuie of lesse happier lands.This blessed plot, this earth, this realme, this England...Is now leasde out...That England that was wont to conquer others,Hath made a shamefull conquestof it selfe... en 1804 w:William Blake Milton: A Poem in Two Books Milton Vol. I, Preface And did those feet in ancient timeWalk upon England’s mountains green?And was the holy Lamb of GodOn England’s pleasant pastures seen?...I will not cease from Mental Fight,Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand,Till we have built JerusalemIn England’s green & pleasant Land. en 1864 Amédée Baillot w:Victor Hugo William Shakespeare 6 What is England? She is Elizabeth I of England Elizabeth... To live alone, to go alone, to reign alone, to be alone,—such is Elizabeth, such is England...England has two books: one which she has made, the other which has made her,—William Shakespeare Shakespeare and the Bible. These two books do not agree together... Shakespeare thinks, Shakespeare dreams, Shakespeare doubts... Moreover, Shakespeare invents. en 1941 w:George Orwell The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius The Lion and the Unicorn Pt. I England is not the jewelled isle of William Shakespeare Shakespeare's much-quoted passage, nor is it the inferno depicted by Goebbels Dr Goebbels. More than either it resembles a family, a rather stuffy Victorian Era Victorian family, with not many black sheep but with all its cupboards bursting with skeletons. It has rich relations who have to be kow-towed to and poor relations who are horribly sat upon, and there is a deep conspiracy of silence about the source of the family income. en 1983 w:William S. Burroughs w:The Place of Dead Roads https://books.google.nl/books?id=g74cBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT203 203 England is like some stricken beast too stupid to know it is dead. Ingloriously foundering in its own waste products, the backlash and bad karma of empire. en 2012 w:Maureen Johnson The Madness Underneath "This is England," he explained. "Tell someone it's a procedure, and they'll believe you. The pointless procedure is one of our great natural resources." en Jessie Gretener Progestagen-only contraceptives carry similar, small breast cancer risk as other hormone contraceptives, study finds w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/21/health/hormonal-contraception-breast-cancer/index.html 2023-03-21 The authors also said they attempted to investigate whether there are differing breast cancer risks between hormonal and nonhormonal IUDs. However, they said too few women in England had been prescribed nonhormonal IUDs to make a reliable comparison. https://web.archive.org/web/20251117075748/https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/21/health/hormonal-contraception-breast-cancer/index.html 17 November 2025 en Anglo-Saxon territory en historical 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. en England and Wales en chiefly law historic or archaic en England and Wales. en Q145 en dated sometimes proscribed en Great Britain,United Kingdom. en England expects that every man will do his duty. en 1882 T. E. Kebbel Selected Speeches of the Late Right Hon. the Earl of Beaconsfield 2 495 https://archive.org/details/selectedspeeches02disruoft/page/495 There is a very near analogy between the position of the President of the United States and that of the Prime Minister of England, and both are paid at much the same rate — the income of a second-class professional man. en 1941 w:George Orwell The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius The Lion and the Unicorn Another twenty years along the present line of development, and India will be a peasant republic linked with England only by voluntary alliance. en 1948 Winston S. Churchill The Gathering Storm 303 https://archive.org/details/gatheringstorm00chur/page/303 The partition of Czechoslovakia under pressure from England and France amounts to the complete surrender of the Western Democracies to the Nazi threat of force. en surname en habitational Old English. en Q79282 en city co/Lonoke County s/Arkansas c/United States. Usage notes As England has always been the most populous part of the United Kingdom, its name has often been used metonymously for the country as a whole, both in English and in other languages. This usage is now often considered uninformed or insulting, particularly to those from other parts of the UK. The 1746 Wales and Berwick Act 1746 Wales & Berwick Act formalized the previous informal understanding that laws referencing the Kingdom of England alone also applied to the Principality of Wales; this continued to be the case until the 1967 Welsh Language Act 1967 Welsh Language Act required that any similarly general laws afterwards must specify England and Wales separately. Derived terms en East of England South East England Church of England close one's eyes and think of England Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland England and Wales Englander for England Garden of England Kingdom of England lie back and think of England Little Englander Middle England Middle Englander New England North East England Northern England Northern England English Little England beyond Wales North of England safe as the Bank of England think of England Related terms en Anglican anglicise,anglicize Anglo- English Descendants 2 desc bn 1 ইংল্যান্ড my 1 အင်္ဂလန် ny 1 Mángalande zh 1 英格蘭 haw 1 ʻEnelani inc-hnd 1 hi इंग्लैंड ur اِن٘گْلَینْڈ ja 1 イングランド Ingurando ko 1 잉글랜드 lo 1 ອັງກິດ mi Ingarangi 1 ms 1 ms ايڠلند 1 ms England 1 mh 1 In̄len mkj Inglen 1 na Ingerand 1 shn မိူင်းဢိင်ႇၵလၼ်ႇ 1 es 1 Inglaterra sv 1 1 England ta 1 இங்கிலாந்து tum 1 Mangalande Translations Q21 Kingdom in southeastern Britain, one of the constituent countries of the UK Abkhaz: ab Англызтәыла Afrikaans: af Engeland Akan: ak Ngyiresi Albanian: sq Angli f, sq Anglia f definite Old Albanian: sq Ngirterrë f Amharic: am ኢንግላንድ Arabic: ar إِنْجِلْتِرَا f ʔingilterā, ar إِنْقِلْتِرَا f ʔingilterā, ar إِنْكِلْتِرَا f ʔingilterā, ar إِنْكِلْتِرَة f ʔingiltera Egyptian Arabic: arz انجلترا f engeltera Hijazi Arabic: acw إنْقِلْتْرا f ingiltra Moroccan Arabic: ary النݣليز f en-naglīz, ary لينڭليز f Najdi Arabic: ars إنْقِلْتْرا f ingiltra Tunisian Arabic: aeb أنقلترا f angiltra Aragonese: an Anglaterra Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܐܵܢܓܠܝܵܐ Anglia f Armenian: hy Անգլիա Assamese: as ইংলেণ্ড Asturian: ast Inglaterra f Azerbaijani: az İngiltərə Bashkir: ba Англия Basque: eu Ingalaterra Belarusian: be А́нглія f, be Анге́льшчына f Taraškievica Bengali: bn ইংল্যান্ড, bn বিলাত, bn ইংলিস্তান Brahui: brh Inglistán Breton: br Bro-Saoz Bulgarian: bg А́нглия f Burmese: my အင်္ဂလန်, my ဘိလပ် Buryat: bua Англи Carpathian Rusyn: rue А́нґлія f Catalan: ca Anglaterra f Chechen: ce Англи, ce Ингалс Chichewa: ny Mángalande Chinese: Cantonese: yue 英格蘭, yue 英國 now normally "UK" Eastern Min: cdo 英格蘭, cdo 英國 now normally "UK" Hakka: hak 英格蘭 Yîn-kak-làn, hak 英國 Yîn-koet now normally "UK" Hokkien: nan-hbl 英格蘭 Eng-kiak-lân / Eng-kek-lân, nan-hbl 英國 Eng-kok now normally "UK" Mandarin: cmn 英格蘭, cmn 英國 now normally "UK" Wu: wuu 英格蘭, wuu 英國 now normally "UK" Chinese Pidgin Russian: Kyakhta dialect: crp-cpr-kya 英吉利 Chuvash: cv Англи Circassian: West Circassian: ady Ынджылыз Cornish: kw Pow Sows m Corsican: co Inghilterra f Czech: cs Anglie f Danish: da England n Dhivehi: dv އިނގިރޭސިވިލާތް Dutch: nl Engeland n Dzongkha: dz དབྱིན་ཡུལ Esperanto: eo Anglio, eo Anglujo Estonian: et Inglismaa Farefare: gur Aŋlagɔ Faroese: fo Ongland n Finnish: fi Englanti French: fr Angleterre f Frisian: North Frisian: frr Ängelönj Old Frisian: ofs Angelond Saterland Frisian: stq Änglound West Frisian: fy Ingelân n Galician: gl Inglaterra f Georgian: ka ინგლისი German: de England n Greek: el Αγγλία f Gujarati: gu ઇંગ્લેન્ડ Hausa: ha Ingila Hawaiian: haw ʻEnelani Hebrew: he אַנְגְּלִיָּה f ángliya Hindi: hi इंग्लैंड m, hi आंग्लदेश m, hi इंगलिस्तान m, hi विलायत m Hungarian: hu Anglia Icelandic: is England n Ido: io Anglia Indonesian: id Inggris Ingrian: izh Anglia Interlingua: ia Anglaterra Irish: ga Sasana m Old Irish: sga Saxain Italian: it Inghilterra f Japanese: ja イングランド Ingurando, ja イギリス Igirisu now normally "UK", ja 英国 えいこく, Eikoku now normally "UK" Kannada: kn ಇಂಗ್ಲೆಂಡ್ Kashubian: csb Anielskô f Kazakh: kk Англия Khmer: km អង់គ្លេស Korean: ko ^잉글랜드, ko ^영국(英國) now normally "UK" Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Înglistan, kmr Inglistan Kyrgyz: ky Англия Lao: lo ອັງກິດ Latin: la Anglia f, la Albion f Latvian: lv Anglija f Ligurian: lij Inghiltæra Lithuanian: lt Anglija f Livonian: liv Engõlmō, liv England Low German: nds England Lü: khb ᦁᧂᦂᦲᧆ Macedonian: mk Англија f Malay: ms England Malayalam: ml ഇംഗ്ലണ്ട് Maltese: mt Ingilterra f l-Ingilterra Manchu: mnc ᠠᠩᡤᡳᠶᠠᠯᠰᡴᡳ Manx: gv Sostyn f Māori: mi Ingarangi Marathi: mr इंग्लंड Mari: Eastern Mari: mhr Англий Marshallese: mh In̄len Middle English: enm Engelond, enm England Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Англи Mongolian script: mn ᠠᠩᠭ᠌ᠯᠢ Nepali: ne इङ्गल्याण्ड Norman: nrf Angliétèrre f Jersey, nrf Anglléterre f Guernsey, nrf Aunglléterre f continental Normandy Norwegian: Bokmål: nb England n Nynorsk: nn England n Occitan: oc Anglatèrra f Odia: or ଇଂଲଣ୍ଡ Old English: ang Angelcynn n, ang Engla land n Old Saxon: osx Engloland n Ossetian: os Англис Palauan: pau Ingklis Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Анґлия f Pashto: ps انګلستان m englestān Persian: Dari: prs اِنْگِلِسْتَان Iranian Persian: fa-ira اِنْگِلِسْتان Picard: pcd Ingueltière f, pcd Ingletère f, pcd Ingueltère f Poitevin-Saintongeais: roa-poi Englletére f Polish: pl Anglia f Portuguese: pt Inglaterra f Punjabi: Gurmukhi: pa ਇੰਗਲੈਂਡ m Romani: rom Anglíya Kalderash Romanian: ro Anglia f Russian: ru А́нглия f Sami: Northern Sami: se Englánda Samoan: sm 'Egelani Sanskrit: sa आङ्ग्लादेश m Sardinian: sc Inghilterra f Scots: sco Ingland Ulster Scots: sco Inglan Scottish Gaelic: gd Sasainn f, also gd Sasann m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Ѐнгле̄ска̄ f Latin: sh Ènglēskā f Sicilian: scn Nghirterra f, learnt scn Anghiaterra f Silesian: szl Yngland m, szl Anglijo f Sinhalese: si එංගලන්තය Slovak: sk Anglicko n Slovene: sl Ánglija f Somali: so Ingiriiska Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb Engelska f Upper Sorbian: hsb Jendźelska f Spanish: es Inglaterra f Swahili: sw Uingereza Swedish: sv England n Tagalog: tl Inglatera Tajik: tg Англия, tg Ингилистон, tg Ангилтира Tamil: ta இங்கிலாந்து Tatar: tt Англия Telugu: te ఇంగ్లాండ్ Tetum: tet Inglatera Thai: th อังกฤษ Tibetan: bo དབྱིན་ཡུལ Tigrinya: ti ዓዲ እንግሊዝ ʿādi ǝnǝgǝliz Tumbuka: tum Mangalande Turkish: tr İngiltere Turkmen: tk Angliýa Ukrainian: uk А́нглія f, uk А́нґлія f Ulithian: uli Ingrees Urdu: ur اِن٘گْلَینْڈ m, ur اِن٘گْلِسْتان m Uyghur: ug ئەنگلىيە Uzbek: uz Angliya Vietnamese: vi Anh (vi 英), vi nước Anh, vi Anh Cát Lợi (vi 英吉利), vi Anh Quốc (vi 英國) Welsh: cy Lloegr f Yakut: sah Англия Yiddish: yi ענגלאַנד n Zhuang: za Yinghgoz See also England, Arkansas England (surname) Anagrams en adeglnn endlang en haplological words autohyponyms syncopic forms terms suffixed with -land Danish da: Etymology From da ang Engla land. Proper noun da proper noun da England Q21 da informal somewhat dated da large island of the c/United Kingdom in r/Northern Europe Great Britain da informal somewhat dated da United Kingdom Q145 German de: Etymology From de ang Engla land. Pronunciation de /ˈɛŋlant/ de De-England.ogg de De-England2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de ant 2 Proper noun toponym de England Q21 de somewhat informal de large island of the c/United Kingdom in r/Northern Europe Great Britain de somewhat informal de United Kingdom Q145 de informal proscribed de archipelago r/Western Europe including c/Ireland the British Isles Usage notes In formal usage, England referring to Great Britain or the United Kingdom is now very rare. In common speech, England continues to be the most common word for the two respective entities as a whole. It is, however, now uncommon to use England when referring specifically to a place or incident in Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland. In such a case, the respective word would normally be used (de Schottland, de Wales, de Nordirland). The usage including the Republic of Ireland, which is sometimes heard, is conspicuously nonstandard. Synonyms de Engelland archaic Great Britain de Großbritannien, de GB United Kingdom de Vereinigtes Königreich, de VK Derived terms de Engländer engländisch Altengland Mittelengland Neuengland Nordengland Ostengland Südengland Related terms de Angelland de englisch de Englisch Further reading Anagrams de adeglnn angelnd langend nagelnd Hunsrik Etymology hrx :inh gmh:Engellant<id:England> + 1 British region42 1 Cognate with de,lb,pdc England. Pronunciation Eng.land Proper noun n hrx England Q21 Related terms hrx Englenner englisch Englisch See also References Icelandic is: Etymology From is non Ęngland. Pronunciation Proper noun @@ is England Q21 Declension n Derived terms is Englendingur is enskur is Nýja-England Luxembourgish lb: Pronunciation lb /ˈæŋˌlant/ [ˈæŋˌlɑnt] Proper noun lb proper noun n lb England Q21 Malay ms: Etymology ms en England. Pronunciation ms [ɪŋ.ɡlən(d)] ms ənd ən 2 ms En gland Proper noun ايڠلند ms England Q21 ms Inggeris Middle English Proper noun enm proper noun 1 enm Engelond enm Roger Leigh, Clarenceux King of Arms Confirmation of Arms to John Aleyn of Buckinghamshire 1454 Which armes I the seid Clarensewe King of Armes conferme unto the seid John and wtnesse here that nos ꝑsone wtin the Raume of England ought for to bere hem but the seid John and the heirs of his body lawfully begaten. In wtnesse wherof to thise ꝉres I have sette my seall of armes and my signe manuell. enm 1925 A Collection of Miscellaneous Grants, Crests, Confirmations, Augmentations and Exemplifications of Arms in the Mss. Preserved in the British Museum, Ashmolean Library, Queen's College, Oxford, and Elsewhere 76 https://books.google.com/books?id=LxYNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA2 2–3 3986596 Willoughby Aston Littledale J. Whitehead and Son, Ltd. London References Norwegian Bokmål no: Proper noun nb proper noun nb England Q21 nb informal or dated nb large island of the c/United Kingdom in r/Northern Europe Great Britain nb informal or dated nb United Kingdom Q145 Related terms nb engelsk nb engelskmann nb englender Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Etymology nn Pronunciation nn /ˈɛŋlɑn/ /ˈɛŋlɑnd/ Proper noun nn proper noun nn England Q21 Related terms nn engelsk nn engelskmann Old Swedish Proper noun gmq-osw proper noun n gmq-osw medieval kingdom r/Northern Europe gmq-osw " var sanctus thomas först konungx cancAläre j englande" Konung Alexander. Utg. af G.E. Klemming. 1862. Declension England England Englandi, Englande Englands Descendants sv 1 England Further reading “kanceläre” in Old Swedish Dictionary Swedish sv: Etymology From sv gmq-osw England, gmq-osw Engeland, gmq-osw Engelandh. Pronunciation sv /ˈɛŋland/ sv Sv-England.ogg Proper noun n sv England Q21 Descendants fi 1 Englanti