Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

england

/ˈɪŋ.ɡlənd/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.12 in modern English

Syllables
Eng-land
IPA
/ˈɪŋ.ɡlənd/
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The largest and most populous constituent country of the United Kingdom; established in southern Britain by Aethelstan of Wessex in 927.

Uncountable

name

The territory of the Angles and (later) Anglo-Saxons in Britain at any given time before the founding of the Kingdom of England, or the territory of the English people at any given time, in either the Kingdom of England or the United Kingdom.

Uncountable

name

Synonym of England and Wales.

Archaic; Uncountable

name

Synonym of Great Britain or United Kingdom.

Dated; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Uncountable

name

A city in Lonoke County, Arkansas, United States.

Uncountable

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *Angli Old English Engle Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-West Germanic *land Old English land Old English Engla land Middle English Engelond English England From Middle English Engelond, England, from Old English Engla land (literally “land of the Angles”), from genitive of Engle (“the Angles”) + land (“land”).

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Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈɪŋ.ɡlənd/
  • British English: /ˈɪŋ.ɡlənd/

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Questions

How do you pronounce england?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɪŋ.ɡlənd/.
What does england mean?
The largest and most populous constituent country of the United Kingdom; established in southern Britain by Aethelstan of Wessex in 927.
Where does england come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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