Anglian
pronunciation
How to pronounce Anglian in British English:
UK [ˈæŋɡljən]
How to pronounce Anglian in American English:
US [ˈæŋɡliən]
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- Noun:
- one of the major dialects of Old English
Word Origin
- Anglian
- "of the Angles," 1726; see Angle. The Old English word was Englisc, but as this came to be used in reference to the whole Germanic people of Britain, a new word was wanted to describe this one branch of them.
Example
- 1. Anglian college london offers many courses that could match your requirements .
- 2. It is a bleak tale , set against a bleak east anglian landscape .
- 3. The ministry of defence said the soldiers were from 1st battalion the royal anglian regiment .
- 4. May 5 , 2007 : british army surgeon major andy bruce takes out fragments from the legs of injured british army soldier simon peacock from the royal anglian regiment , during surgery at the operating theatre at the british army field hospital at camp bastion in the desert in helmand province .
- 5. The juvenile is the first crane to fledge from the east anglian fens in 400 years