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• Anglian
  Anglian

  adjective

  Also of or relating to the Angles or to East Anglia.
• anglian
  anglian

  adjective

  of or relating to the Angles or to the Anglian dialects of Old English

Anglian

American  

[ang-glee-uhn] / ˈæŋ gli ən /

adjective

1. Also of or relating to the Angles or to East Anglia.

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noun

1. an Angle.

2. the northern and central group of Old English dialects, spoken in Northumbria and Mercia.

anglian British  

/ ˈæŋɡlɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to the Angles or to the Anglian dialects of Old English

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noun

1. the group of Old and Middle English dialects spoken in the Midlands and the north of England, divided into Mercian and Northumbrian See also Kentish West Saxon

Etymology

Origin of Anglian

First recorded in 1720–30; Angli(a) + -an

Example Sentences

One of the Anglian soldiers - Pte Tymoteusz Maciejewski, in the anti-tank platoon - was born in Poland but moved to England at the age of four.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

Standing inside Bedford WRC, Geoff Darch, Anglian Water's head of strategic asset planning, says the site is "at its limit".

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

He left the armed forces in 2013 but later served as a helicopter pilot with the East Anglian Air Ambulance before stepping down in July 2017 to focus on his royal duties.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

An Anglian Water spokeswoman said checks confirmed the foam had been caused "by a third-party" and was not from any of "our equipment or assets in the area".

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2025

Buried in the grounds of a farmhouse near the East Anglian coast, just where someone had told them to look.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins