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Definition of East anglia
1. Noun. A region of eastern England that was formerly a kingdom.
Group relationships: England
Definition of East anglia
1. Proper noun. The area of eastern England occupied by Norfolk, Suffolk and parts of Cambridgeshire and north Essex. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of East Anglia
Literary usage of East anglia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1879)
"R. Forby is a book well known to students of English Dialects, being the standard
work upon the dialect of East-Anglia. In 1858, a supplementary volume was ..."
2. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1870)
"... OF EAST-ANGLIA. I HAVE some doubt as to the formal position of ... It should
be marked that East-Anglia is called " Ulf ..."
3. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1906)
"In east anglia the rising was universal ; the towns and the rural districts being
... We can detect in east anglia all the factors of discontent that are to ..."
4. The Chronicle of Florence of Worcester, with the Two Continuations: With the by Florence (1854)
"He had the whole of East-Anglia for his see, in the time of king Edwy, ...
He had already two sees, Sussex and East- Anglia; but be was afterwards ejected, ..."
5. England in the Age of Wycliffe by George Macaulay Trevelyan (1920)
"Without waiting for the instructions or assistance of the London executive, he
at once dashed down out of the Midlands into east anglia, followed by a small ..."
6. The Monks of the West, from St. Benedict to St. Bernard by Charles Forbes Montalembert, Aurélien Courson (1872)
"Edwin, representing the rival dynasty, a refugee in east anglia; on the point of
being ... Overthrow of Christianity in Northumbria and east anglia. ..."
7. The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Revolution by David Hume (1858)
"... KINGDOM OF east anglia. The history of this kingdom contains nothing memorable,
except the conversion of ..."
8. The History of England, from the Accession of Richard II to the Death of by Charles William Chadwick Oman (1906)
"In east anglia the rising was universal; the towns and the rural districts being
equally ... The first leader of insurrection in east anglia was John ..."
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