East Anglia

noun

1. an early English kingdom in SE Britain: modern Norfolk and Suffolk.

East Anglia

noun

1. a region of E England south of the Wash: consists of Norfolk and Suffolk, and parts of Essex and Cambridgeshire
2. an Anglo-Saxon kingdom that consisted of Norfolk and Suffolk in the 6th century ad ; became a dependency of Mercia in the 8th century

Other Words From

• East Anglian adjective noun

Example Sentences

The research describes the derring-do of a team of scientists working at University of East Anglia.

From The Daily Beast

University of East Anglia climatologist Phil Jones followed in his footsteps when some emails of his leaked to the press.

From The Daily Beast

Even in our out-of-the-way corner of East Anglia not a little consternation was felt.

From Project Gutenberg

The Danes in East Anglia were then an immense army, and thus at once they were turned from foes into friends.

From Project Gutenberg

Much such a man, perhaps a descendant, travelled East Anglia about 1866.

From Project Gutenberg

The large Scandinavian element also points to the northern part of East Anglia.

From Project Gutenberg

Nearly at the same time East Anglia and Essex, at the command of pagan-kings, had discarded it likewise.

From Project Gutenberg