East Anglia

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noun

an early English kingdom in SE Britain: modern Norfolk and Suffolk.

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OTHER WORDS FROM East Anglia

East Anglian, adjective, noun

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How to use East Anglia in a sentence

This is a future city for 60,000 inhabitants, envisioned along the River Stour and the Port of Harwich in East Anglia, England.
Future Cities: New Challenges Mean We Need to Reimagine the Look of Urban Landscapes|Nick Dunn|December 18, 2020|Singularity Hub
The research describes the derring-do of a team of scientists working at University of East Anglia.
The Fake Superbug Cure|Kent Sepkowitz|June 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
University of East Anglia climatologist Phil Jones followed in his footsteps when some emails of his leaked to the press.
The 2009 Daily Beast Political Awards|Samuel P. Jacobs|December 23, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Even in our out-of-the-way corner of East Anglia not a little consternation was felt.
East Anglia|J. Ewing Ritchie

The Danes in East Anglia were then an immense army, and thus at once they were turned from foes into friends.
East Anglia|J. Ewing Ritchie
Much such a man, perhaps a descendant, travelled East Anglia about 1866.
Lavengro|George Borrow
The large Scandinavian element also points to the northern part of East Anglia.
Selections from Early Middle English 1130-1250: Part II: Notes|Various
Nearly at the same time East Anglia and Essex, at the command of pagan-kings, had discarded it likewise.
Legends of the Saxon Saints|Aubrey de Vere

British Dictionary definitions for East Anglia

East Anglia

noun

a region of E England south of the Wash: consists of Norfolk and Suffolk, and parts of Essex and Cambridgeshire

an Anglo-Saxon kingdom that consisted of Norfolk and Suffolk in the 6th century ad; became a dependency of Mercia in the 8th century

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