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Etymology

The name "England" is derived from the Old English word Englaland, which means "land of the Angles". The Angles were one of the Germanic tribes that settled in England during the Early Middle Ages. The Angles came from the Angeln peninsula in the Bay of Kiel area of the Baltic Sea.[14] According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first known use of "England" to refer to the southern part of the island of Great Britain was in 897 and its modern spelling was first used in 1538.[15] The earliest attested mention of the term in general is by Tacitus in his 1st century work Germania, where the Latin word Anglii is used.[16] The etymology of the tribal name itself is disputed by scholars; it has been suggested it derives from the shape of the Angeln peninsula, an angular shape.[17]

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• 謝謝lovchina答複，我知道 “England”一詞的由來了。 -紫君- ♀ (20 bytes) () 09/18/2009 postreply 15:12:16

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