English > England: 1 sense > noun 1, location| Meaning | A division of the United Kingdom. |
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| Instances | Albion | archaic name for England or Great Britain |
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| Anglia | The Latin name for England |
| Instance of | European country, European nation | Any one of the countries occupying the European continent |
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| Members | English person | A native or inhabitant of England |
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| Englishman | A man who is a native or inhabitant of England |
| Englishwoman | A woman who is a native or inhabitant of England |
| Part of | Europe | The 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia) |
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| United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain | A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles |
| Parts | Aire, River Aire, Aire River | A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire |
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| Avon | A county in southwestern England |
| Avon, River Avon, Upper Avon, Upper Avon River | A river in central England that flows through Stratford-on-Avon and empties into the Severn |
| Avon, River Avon | A river in southwestern England rising in Gloucestershire and flowing through Bristol to empty into the estuary of the Severn |
| Bath | A town in southwestern England on the River Avon |
| Berkshire | A county in southern England |
| Birmingham, Brummagem | A city in central England |
| Blackpool | A resort town in Lancashire in northwestern England on the Irish Sea |
| Brighton | A city in East Sussex in southern England that is a popular resort |
| Bristol | An industrial city and port in southwestern England near the mouth of the River Avon |
| Cam, River Cam, Cam River | A river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River |
| Cambridge | A city in eastern England on the River Cam |
| Cheddar | A village in southwestern England where cheddar cheese was first made |
| Cheviots, Cheviot Hills | A range of hills on the border between England and Scotland |
| Cornwall | A hilly county in southwestern England |
| Cotswolds, Cotswold Hills | A range of low hills in southwestern England |
| Coventry | An industrial city in central England |
| Cumbria | A county of northwestern England |
| Cumbria | A former Celtic kingdom in northwestern England |
| Devon, Devonshire | A county in southwestern England |
| East Anglia | A region of eastern England that was formerly a kingdom |
| East Sussex | A county in southern England on the English Channel |
| Essex | A county in southeastern England on the North Sea and the Thames estuary |
| Gloucester | A city in southwestern England in Gloucestershire on the Severn |
| Gloucestershire | A county in southwestern England in the lower Severn valley |
| Hadrian's Wall | An ancient Roman wall built by Hadrian in the 2nd century |
| Hampshire | A county of southern England on the English Channel |
| Hertfordshire | A county in southern England |
| Hull, Kingston-upon Hull | A large fishing port in northeastern England |
| Humber | An estuary in central northeastern England formed by the Ouse River and the Trent River |
| Kent | A county in southeastern England on the English Channel |
| Lake District, Lakeland | A popular tourist area in northwestern England including England's largest lake and highest mountain |
| Lancashire | A historical area of northwestern England on the Irish Sea |
| Lancaster | A city in northwestern England |
| Leicester | An industrial city in Leicestershire in central England |
| Leicestershire, Leicester | A largely agricultural county in central England |
| Lincolnshire | An agricultural county of eastern England on the North Sea |
| Liverpool | A large city in northwestern England |
| London, Greater London, British capital, capital of the United Kingdom | The capital and largest city of England |
| Manchester | A city in northwestern England (30 miles to the east of Liverpool) |
| Marston Moor | A former moor in northern England |
| Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | A port city in northeastern England on the River Tyne |
| North Yorkshire | A county in northern England |
| Northamptonshire | A county is central England |
| Northumberland | The northernmost county of England |
| Northumbria | An Anglo-Saxon kingdom in northern England until 876 |
| Ouse, Ouse River | A river in northeastern England that flows generally southeastward to join the Trent River and form the Humber |
| Oxford | A city in southern England to the northwest of London |
| Pennines, Pennine Chain | A system of hills in Britain that extend from the Scottish border in the north to the Trent River in the south |
| Portsmouth, Pompey | A port city in southern England on the English Channel |
| Reading | A city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England |
| Scilly Islands, Isles of Scilly | An archipelago of small islands off the southwestern coast of England near the entrance to the English Channel |
| Severn, River Severn, Severn River | A river in England and Wales flowing into the Bristol Channel |
| Somerset | A county in southwestern England on the Bristol Channel |
| South Yorkshire | A metropolitan county in northern England |
| Sunderland | A port and industrial city in northeastern England |
| Surrey | A county in southeastern England on the Thames |
| Sussex | A county in southern England on the English Channel |
| Thames, River Thames, Thames River | The longest river in England |
| Trent, River Trent, Trent River | A river in central England that flows generally northeastward to join with the Ouse River and form the Humber |
| Tyne, River Tyne, Tyne River | A river in northern England that flows east to the North Sea |
| Wessex | A Saxon kingdom in southwestern England that became the most powerful English kingdom by the 10th century |
| West Country | The southwestern part of England (including Cornwall and Devon and Somerset) |
| West Sussex | A county in southern England on the English Channel |
| West Yorkshire | A metropolitan county in northern England |
| Worcester | A cathedral city in west central England on the River Severn |
| Yorkshire | A former large county in northern England |
| Region of | A level | The advanced level of a subject taken in school (usually two years after O level) |
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| Cooke, Alistair Cooke, Alfred Alistair Cooke | United States journalist (born in England in 1908) |
| English Civil War | civil war in England between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists under Charles I |
| Flodden, Battle of Flodden Field | A battle in 1513 |
| General Certificate of Secondary Education, GCSE, O level | The basic level of a subject taken in school |
| Hastings, battle of Hastings | The decisive battle in which William the Conqueror (duke of Normandy) defeated the Saxons under Harold II (1066) and thus left England open for the Norman Conquest |
| Maldon, Battle of Maldon | A battle in which the Danes defeated the Saxons in 991 |
| Marston Moor, battle of Marston Moor | A battle in 1644 in which the Parliamentarians under the earl of Manchester defeated the Royalists under Prince Rupert |
| Naseby, Battle of Naseby | A battle in 1645 that settled the outcome of the first English Civil War as the Parliamentarians won a major victory over the Royalists |
| Peasant's Revolt, Great Revolt | A widespread rebellion in 1381 against poll taxes and other inequities that oppressed the poorer people / people of England |
| Puritanism | The beliefs and practices characteristic of Puritans (most of whom were Calvinists who wished to purify the Church of England of its Catholic aspects) |
| Regency | The period from 1811-1820 when the Prince of Wales was regent during George III's periods of insanity |
| Restoration | The re-establishment of the British monarchy in 1660 |
| Saxon | Of or relating to or characteristic of the early Saxons or Anglo-Saxons and their descendents (especially the English or Lowland Scots) and their language |
| Sherwood Forest | An ancient forest / forest in central England |
| Tewkesbury, battle of Tewkesbury | The final battle of the War of the Roses in 1471 in which Edward IV defeated the Lancastrians |
| War of the Roses, Wars of the Roses | struggle for the English throne (1455-1485) between the house of York (white rose) and the house of Lancaster (red rose) ending with the accession of the Tudor monarch Henry VII |
| balldress | A suit or dress for formal occasions |
| borderer | An inhabitant of a border area (especially the border between Scotland and England) |
| esquire | (Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight |
| franklin | A landowner (14th and 15th centuries) who was free but not of noble birth |
| pimp, procurer, panderer, pander, pandar, fancy man, ponce | someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce) |
| Spanish | England, inglaterra, Inglaterra |
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| Catalan | Anglaterra |
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| Adjectives | English | of or relating to or characteristic of England or its culture or people |
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