England

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Ten years ago , it

would have subjected the Tory Peers of England

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Beauman was born in Totnes , Devon , England

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Both Saint Matthew's and Saint John's share the same Church of England vicar .

(uncountable, usually) The largest and most populous constituent country of the United Kingdom; established in southern Britain by Aethelstan of Wessex in 927.
(historical, uncountable, usually) 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.
(archaic, historical, uncountable, usually) Synonym of England and Wales.
(dated, proscribed, sometimes, uncountable, usually) Synonym of Great Britain or United Kingdom.
(uncountable, usually) A habitational surname from Old English.
(US, uncountable, usually) A city in Lonoke County, Arkansas, United States.

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/ˈɪŋɡlənd/

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Inherited from Old English

In summary

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *angliz Old English Engle Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-West Germanic *land Old English land Old English Engla land Middle English Engelond English England From Middle English Engelond, England, from Old English Engla land (literally “land of the Angles”), from genitive of Engle (“the Angles”) + land (“land”).