Anglia

[ ang-glee-uh ]

/ ˈæŋ gli ə /

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noun

Latin name of England.

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Words nearby Anglia

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How to use Anglia in a sentence

The research describes the derring-do of a team of scientists working at University of East Anglia.
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University of East Anglia climatologist Phil Jones followed in his footsteps when some emails of his leaked to the press.
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Even in our out-of-the-way corner of East Anglia not a little consternation was felt.
East Anglia|J. Ewing Ritchie
The Danes in East Anglia were then an immense army, and thus at once they were turned from foes into friends.
East Anglia|J. Ewing Ritchie

Much such a man, perhaps a descendant, travelled East Anglia about 1866.
Lavengro|George Borrow
The large Scandinavian element also points to the northern part of East Anglia.
Selections from Early Middle English 1130-1250: Part II: Notes|Various
Nearly at the same time East Anglia and Essex, at the command of pagan-kings, had discarded it likewise.
Legends of the Saxon Saints|Aubrey de Vere

British Dictionary definitions for Anglia

Anglia

/ (ˈæŋɡlɪə) /

noun

a Latin name for England

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