england
/ˈɪŋ.ɡlənd/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.12 in modern English
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
Example Sentences
- "Holonyms: Great Britain, Britain < United Kingdom, UK < Earth, World"
- "We thoroughly enjoyed our vacation in Britain. We visited England, Wales, and Scotland."
- "Just close your eyes and think of England."
- "Gaunt ...This royall throne of Kings, this sceptred Ile, This earth of maiesty, this seate of Mars, This other Eden, demy Paradice, This fortresse built by Nature for her selfe, Against infection and the hand of warre, This happy breede of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the siluer sea, Which serues it in the office of a wall, Or as moate defensiue to a house, Against the enuie of lesse happier lands. This blessed plot, this earth, this realme, this England... Is now leasde out... That England that was wont to conquer others, Hath made a shamefull conquest of it selfe..."
- "And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England’s mountains green? And was the holy Lamb of God On England’s pleasant pastures seen?... I will not cease from Mental Fight, Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand, Till we have built Jerusalem In England’s green & pleasant Land."
- "What is England? She is Elizabeth... To live alone, to go alone, to reign alone, to be alone,—such is Elizabeth, such is England... England has two books: one which she has made, the other which has made her,—Shakespeare and the Bible. These two books do not agree together... Shakespeare thinks, Shakespeare dreams, Shakespeare doubts... Moreover, Shakespeare invents."
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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɪŋ.ɡlənd/
- British English: /ˈɪŋ.ɡlənd/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
Church of England
close one's eyes and think of England
Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland
East of England
England and Wales
for England
Garden of England
Kingdom of England
Frequently Paired Words
Synonyms
England and Wales
Great Britain or United Kingdom
Albion
Blighty
England
Land of Hope and Glory
Limeyland
Old Blighty
Old Dart
perfidious Albion
Pomgolia