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East Anglia

/ˌiːst ˈæŋ.ɡli.ə/

East Anglia proper noun: the area of eastern England occupied by the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk and, depending on whose definitions of the precise boundaries are consulted, some adjacent areas, such as parts of Cambridgeshire and parts of Essex.

Proper noun

East Anglia

  1. The area of eastern England occupied by the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk and, depending on whose definitions of the precise boundaries are consulted, some adjacent areas, such as parts of Cambridgeshire and parts of Essex.
    • Holonyms: East of England < England < Great Britain, Britain < United Kingdom, UK < Earth, World
    • Meronyms: Norfolk, Suffolk
  2. (historical) A former kingdom in medieval England.

Origin of East Anglia

From east + Anglia (“the area occupied by the Angles”)

Words formed from East Anglia

Questions about East Anglia

What does East Anglia mean?
East Anglia means the area of eastern England occupied by the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk and, depending on whose definitions of the precise boundaries are consulted, some adjacent areas, such as parts of Cambridgeshire and parts of Essex.
What part of speech is East Anglia?
East Anglia is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce East Anglia?
East Anglia is pronounced /ˌiːst ˈæŋ.ɡli.ə/.

Words near East Anglia in the dictionary

  1. East Alstead
  2. East Amherst
  3. East Amwell
  4. East and West Buckland
  5. East Andover
  6. East Anglia
  7. East Anglian
  8. East Anglians
  9. East Anstey
  10. East Ardsley
  11. East Arlington

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Adapted from Wiktionary: East Anglia (page history and authors). 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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