anglo
Syllables: an·glo/ˈæŋ.ɡloʊ̯/UK/ˈæŋ.ɡləʊ̯/
anglo noun: an English person or person of English ancestry.
Noun (1)
anglo (plural anglos)
- An English person or person of English ancestry.
- Back when we went to the World Cup in South Africa, we saw many anglos waving English flags.
- An Anglo-Australian (as opposed to Australians of Mediterranean or Middle Eastern background)
- A British person or person of British ancestry.
- An English-speaking Quebecer.
- A North American, especially a white one (regardless of actual ethnicity), whose native language is English (as opposed to Americans who have another native language).
- Spanish was the only "foreign" language taught in the school, where most of the students spoke Spanish as a first language, and it was taught by an Anglo teacher from textbooks written by and for Anglos […] Somehow, the school administration saw no contradiction in rewarding Anglo students for...1984 February 4, David Morris, “Different Origins: Joto Güero del West Side”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 28, page 15
- An anglo concertina.
Noun (2) capitalized: Anglo
Anglo (plural Anglos)
- Alternative letter-case form of anglo.
- Since the Anglo occupation of the Great Basin, pottery has been a global commodity in the world market.1999 September, Timothy J. Scarlett, “Narcissus’s Mirror: Manufacture and Modernism in the American Great Basin—The Case of Pottery”, in International Journal of Historical Archaeology, volume 3...
anglo meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
anglo in Tamil
- ஆங்கிலோ
anglo in Urdu
- اینگلو
anglo in Bengali
- অ্যাংলো
anglo in Malayalam
- ആംഗ്ലോ
More languagesFewer languages
- anglo in Kannada
- ಆಂಗ್ಲೋ
- anglo in Gujarati
- એંગ્લો
- anglo in Odia
- ଆଙ୍ଗଲୋ
Forms of anglo
| plural | anglos |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Anglo |
| plural | Anglos |
Origin of anglo
From Anglo-.
Words formed from anglo
Phrases with anglo
Questions about anglo
- What does anglo mean?
- Anglo means an English person or person of English ancestry.
- What is anglo in Tamil?
- Anglo in Tamil is ஆங்கிலோ. See Anglo meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is anglo?
- Anglo is a noun.
- How do you pronounce anglo?
- Anglo is pronounced /ˈæŋ.ɡləʊ̯/ (UK).
- What is the plural of anglo?
- The plural of anglo is anglos.
Words near anglo in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: anglo (page history and authors); Anglo (page history and authors); anglo (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); anglo (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); anglo (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); anglo (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); anglo (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); anglo (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); anglo (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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