England
the largest division of the United Kingdom, constituting, with Scotland and Wales, the island of Great Britain. 50,327 sq. mi. (130,347 sq. km) Capital: London.
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Not involved in the study, he is an evolutionary biologist in England at Queen Mary University of London.
Unique dialects help naked mole-rats tell friends from foes | Jonathan Lambert | February 24, 2021 | Science News For StudentsNicolas Bellouin is a climate scientist at the University of Reading in England.
After graduating from Indiana University in 1955, he received a Rotary International Fellowship to study economics at the University of Cambridge in England.
James F. Fitzpatrick, lawyer and lobbyist at Arnold & Porter, dies at 88 | Louie Estrada | February 17, 2021 | Washington PostMomentary boredom is not inherently bad, says Van Tilburg, of the University of Essex in England.
In the social distancing era, boredom may pose a public health threat | Sujata Gupta | February 15, 2021 | Science NewsWhen I came back from England I got involved with the Women’s Liberation Movement.
How a Groundbreaking Book Helped a Generation of Lesbians See Themselves in the 1970s | Paul Moakley | February 13, 2021 | Time
Once I began reading, I realized A Gronking to Remember was a masturbatory tribute to the New England Patriots.
‘A Gronking to Remember’ Speed Read: 8 Naughtiest Bits | Emily Shire | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe trials produced positive results, published in The New England Journal of Medicine in November.
Warm milk mixed with a spoonful of fireplace ashes seemed to also be popular among 19th century England.
A few weeks after returning from England, I was trolling the dairy section and came across the Cotswold Double Gloucester.
Newton was born during a 150-year-period where England used a different calendar from the rest of Europe.
Neil deGrasse Tyson Trolls Christians on Christmas | Ben Jacobs | December 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd I finished all with a brief historical account of affairs and events in England for about a hundred years past.
Gulliver's Travels | Jonathan SwiftI do not know how things are in America but in England there has been a ridiculous attempt to suppress Bolshevik propaganda.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) WellsThen follows an account of the life of the Jesuit prisoners, in Virginia and England.
Robert Fitzgerald received a patent in England for making salt water fresh.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellAs guileless, though as self-reliant, gentlewomen as sequestered England could produce.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. Locke
British Dictionary definitions for England
/ (ˈɪŋɡlənd) /
the largest division of Great Britain, bordering on Scotland and Wales: unified in the mid-tenth century and conquered by the Normans in 1066; united with Wales in 1536 and Scotland in 1707; monarchy overthrown in 1649 but restored in 1660. Capital: London. Pop: 49 855 700 (2003 est). Area: 130 439 sq km (50 352 sq miles): See United Kingdom, Great Britain
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for England
One of the countries of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. London, Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester are in England.
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