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Definitions for: England
[n] A division of the United Kingdom, the southern part of the island of Great Britain. Originally settled by Celtic peoples, it was subsequently conquered by Romans, Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Danes, and Normans. Acts of union joined England with Wales in 1536, with Scotland in 1707 to create the political entity of Great Britain, and with Ireland in 1801 to form the United Kingdom. London is the capital and the largest city of both England and the United Kingdom. Population, 46,220,955.
See Also: Albion, Anglia, Avon, battle of Flodden Field, battle of Hastings, battle of Maldon, battle of Marston Moor, battle of Naseby, battle of Tewkesbury, Berkshire, Birmingham, Blackpool, Blighty, Brighton, Bristol, Britain, British capital, Brummagem, Cambridge, capital of the United Kingdom, Cornwall, Cotswold Hills, Cotswolds, Coventry, Devon, Devonshire, East Anglia, East Sussex, English Civil War, Essex, Europe, European country, European nation, Flodden, Flodden Field, GB, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, Great Britain, Greater London, Hampshire, Hastings, Hertfordshire, Hull, Kent, Kingston-upon Hull, Lake District, Lakeland, Lancashire, Lancaster, Leicester, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Liverpool, London, Maldon, Manchester, Marston Moor, Naseby, Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, Oxford, Pompey, Portsmouth, Reading, Restoration, Somerset, Tewkesbury, UK, United Kingdom, War of the Roses, Wars of the Roses, West Sussex, Worcester
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