- the largest constituent country of the United Kingdom, bordering on Scotland and Wales: unified in the mid-tenth century and conquered by the Normans in 1066; united with Wales in 1536 and Scotland in 1707; monarchy overthrown in 1649 but restored in 1660. Capital: London. Pop: 53 012 456 (2011 est). Area: 130 439 sq km (50 352 sq miles)
See United Kingdom, Great Britain
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Eng•land
(ing′glənd or, often, -lənd),USA pronunciation n.
- Place Namesthe largest division of the United Kingdom, constituting, with Scotland and Wales, the island of Great Britain. 45,870,062;
50,327 sq. mi. (130,347 sq. km) Cap.: London.
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England /ˈɪŋɡlənd/ n
'England' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Abingdon
- academy
- access land
- aid
- Aire
- Albion
- Aldeburgh
- alderman
- Aldermaston
- Aldershot
- Aldridge-Brownhills
- all
- Altrincham
- Ambleside
- Angel of the North
- Angevin
- Angle
- Anglia
- Anglian
- Anglican
- Anglicanism
- Anglicism
- Anglo-
- Anglo-American
- Anglo-Catholic
- Anglo-French
- Anglo-Indian
- Anglo-Norman
- Anglophile
- Anglophobe
- Anne of Bohemia
- Anne of Cleves
- Anne of Denmark
- AONB
- Arnold
- Arundel
- Ascot
- Ashes
- Ashford
- Ashton-under-Lyne
- assizes
- Athelstan
- Atherton
- Atkinson
- Augustan
- Avon
- Aylesbury
- Badminton
- Bailey
- Baliol