England

Syllables: Eng·land/ˈɪŋ.ɡlənd//ˈɪŋ.ɡlənd/

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

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Proper noun

England (usually uncountable, plural Englands)

(usually) The largest and most populous constituent country of the United Kingdom; established in southern Britain by Aethelstan of Wessex in 927.
- Holonyms: Great Britain, Britain < United Kingdom, UK < Earth, World
- We thoroughly enjoyed our vacation in Britain. We visited England, Wales, and Scotland.
(historical, usually) 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.
(archaic, historical, usually) Synonym of England and Wales.

Synonyms:

England and Wales
(dated, proscribed, sometimes, usually) Synonym of Great Britain or United Kingdom.
- England expects that every man will do his duty.
- There is a very near analogy between the position of the President of the United States and that of the Prime Minister of England, and both are paid at much the same rate — the income of a second-class professional man.1882, T. E. Kebbel, Selected Speeches of the Late Right Hon. the Earl of Beaconsfield, volume 2, page 495
Synonyms:

Great Britain or United Kingdom
(usually) A habitational surname from Old English.
(usually) A city in Lonoke County, Arkansas, United States.

England meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

England in Hindi

Kingdom in southeastern Britain, one of the constituent countries of the UK: इंग्लैंड iṅglaiṇḍ, आंग्लदेश āṅgladeś, इंगलिस्तान iṅglistān, विलायत vilāyat

England in Tamil

Kingdom in southeastern Britain, one of the constituent countries of the UK: இங்கிலாந்து iṅkilāntu

England in Marathi

Kingdom in southeastern Britain, one of the constituent countries of the UK: इंग्लंड iṅglaṇḍa

England in Urdu

Kingdom in southeastern Britain, one of the constituent countries of the UK: اِن٘گْلَینْڈ iṅglainḍ, اِن٘گْلِسْتان iṅglistān

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England in Bengali: ইংল্যান্ড iṅlênḍ, বিলাত bilat, ইংলিস্তান iṅlistan
England in Telugu: ఇంగ్లాండ్ iṅglāṇḍ
England in Malayalam: ഇംഗ്ലണ്ട് iṅglaṇṭŭ
England in Kannada: ಇಂಗ್ಲೆಂಡ್ iṅgleṇḍ
England in Punjabi: ਇੰਗਲੈਂਡ iṅgalaiṇḍ
England in Gujarati: ઇંગ્લેન્ડ iṅglenḍ
England in Odia: ଇଂଲଣ୍ଡ iṁlaṇḍa
England in Sanskrit: आङ्ग्लादेश āṅglādeśa
England in Sinhala: එංගලන්තය eṁgalantaya
England in Assamese: ইংলেণ্ড iṅlendo
England in Nepali: इङ्गल्याण्ड iṅgalyāṇḍa
England in Pashto: انګلستان englestān
England in Tagalog: Inglatera
England in Arabic: إِنْجِلْتِرَا ʔingilterā, إِنْقِلْتِرَا ʔingilterā, إِنْكِلْتِرَا ʔingilterā, إِنْكِلْتِرَة ʔingiltera
England in Malay: England
England in Indonesian: Inggris
England in Thai: อังกฤษ ang-grìt
England in Vietnamese: Anh, nước Anh, Anh Cát Lợi, Anh Quốc
England in Myanmar: အင်္ဂလန် angga.lan, ဘိလပ် bhi.lap
Dhivehi: އިނގިރޭސިވިލާތް iⁿgirēsivilāt̊
Dzongkha: དབྱིན་ཡུལ dbyin yul

Examples of England in a sentence

Just close your eyes and think of England.
England is not the jewelled isle of Shakespeare's much-quoted passage, nor is it the inferno depicted by Dr Goebbels.1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn, Pt. I:
England is like some stricken beast too stupid to know it is dead.1983, William S. Burroughs, The Place of Dead Roads, page 203:
However, they said too few women in England had been prescribed nonhormonal IUDs to make a reliable comparison.2023 March 21, Jessie Gretener, “Progestagen-only contraceptives carry similar, small breast cancer risk as other hormone contraceptives...
Another twenty years along the present line of development, and India will be a peasant republic linked with England only by voluntary alliance.1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn:

Synonyms of England

England and Wales
Great Britain or United Kingdom
Blighty
Land of Hope and Glory
Limeyland
Old Blighty
Old Dart
perfidious Albion
Pomgolia
Albion

Forms of England

plural	Englands

Origin of England

From Middle English Engelond, England, from Old English Engla land (literally “land of the Angles”), from genitive of Engle (“the Angles”) + land (“land”).

Words formed from England

Questions about England

What does England mean?: England means the largest and most populous constituent country of the United Kingdom; established in southern Britain by Aethelstan of Wessex in 927.
What is England in Hindi?: England in Hindi is इंग्लैंड (iṅglaiṇḍ), आंग्लदेश (āṅgladeś), इंगलिस्तान (iṅglistān). See England meaning in Hindi.
How do you use England in a sentence?: Just close your eyes and think of England.
What part of speech is England?: England is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce England?: England is pronounced /ˈɪŋ.ɡlənd/ (UK).

Words near England in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: England (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.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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