East Anglia

American  

noun

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

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East Anglia British  

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

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Other Word Forms

• East Anglian adjective

Example Sentences

East Anglia has some of the fastest eroding coastlines in north-western Europe.

From BBC

The research was published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and led by scientists from the Francis Crick Institute, Stockholm University, the University of Aberdeen, and the University of East Anglia.

From Science Daily

The black turkey, originally from South America, was said to have arrived in East Anglia during King Henry VIII's reign, via Spain.

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"East Anglia is one of the driest parts of our country," she said.

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Northern Scotland and the Northern Isles, as well as parts of East Anglia and southeast England, are likely to have the best chances of catching a glimpse of the night sky.

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