East Anglia
Americannoun
noun
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a region of E England south of the Wash: consists of Norfolk and Suffolk, and parts of Essex and Cambridgeshire
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an Anglo-Saxon kingdom that consisted of Norfolk and Suffolk in the 6th century ad ; became a dependency of Mercia in the 8th century
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There is a wider amber warning stretching across the Midlands and East Anglia where temperatures are still likely to reach the low 30s.
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026
There is still an amber warning for extreme heat in place until 0900 on Sunday for south-east England and East Anglia.
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026
The bomb had been spotted by Ewan Barnard, a biochemistry student at the University of East Anglia, who was working as a gardener.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
By the mid-700s, the author writes, only the kingdoms of Mercia, Northumbria, Wessex, East Anglia and Kent “functioned as largely autonomous units.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
He’d been in East Anglia with contractors seconded to the army, building coastal defenses, which was why he was so late coming to the hospital.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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