Meaning

  1. The kingdom established in southeast Britain by Aethelstan of Wessex in 927 and its various successor states, now the largest and most populous constituent country of the United Kingdom
  2. (obsolete) Synonym of England and Wales.
  3. Synonym of United Kingdom.
  4. A habitational surname from Old English.
  5. A city in Lonoke County, Arkansas, United States.

Synonyms

St. George’s

lower ivy

Frequency

B1
Hyphenated as
Eng‧land
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɪŋɡlənd/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English Engelond, England, from Old English Engla land (literally “land of the Angles”), from genitive of Engle (“the Angles”) + land (“land”).

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