Etymology

Proper noun

1. The southern part of the island of Great Britain next to Wales, now specified geopolitically as one of the constituent countries of the United Kingdom.

Usage notes

• Outside the United Kingdom, and even in England itself, the term “England” is often misused as a synonym for the United Kingdom as a whole.

Related terms

• anglican
• anglicise
• anglicize

• Anglo-
• Church of England

• Englander
• English
• Little Englander

• New England
• think of England