Old English Engla land, literally "the land of the Angles" (see English (n.1)), used alongside Angelcynn "the English race," which, with other forms, shows Anglo-Saxon persistence in thinking in terms of tribes rather than place. By late Old English times both words had come to be used with a clear sense of place, not people; a Dane, Canute, is first to call himself "King of England." By the 14c. the name was being used in reference to the entire island of Great Britain and to the land of the Celtic Britons before the Anglo-Saxon conquest. The loss of one of the duplicate syllables is a case of haplology.
雙語例句
1. He was confirmed as a member of the Church of England.
他領受了堅振禮，成為英國國教會的一員。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He was headmaster of a public school in the West of England.
他是英格蘭西部一所公學的校長。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Queen Mary started the fashion for blue and white china in England.
瑪麗女王開啟了青花瓷在英格蘭的流行風尚。
來自柯林斯例句
4. After the pain of defeat passes, England have some thinking to do.
失敗的痛苦過去以后，英國人應該認真反思一下。
來自柯林斯例句
5. That programme will include live commentary on the England-Ireland game.