2006-11-28 02:02:11 · 10 answers · asked by mike m 1 in Travel ➔ United Kingdom ➔ Other - United Kingdom
England = Land of the Angles, a Germanic tribe which invaded and settled most of what is now England in 5th & 6th centuries AD.
The Saxons and Jutes also settled parts of England over the same period (hence Anglo-Saxon).
The indiginous population ( the 'ancient Brits') were forced into what is now Wales and Cornwall.
The various tribes were united in the 10th century before the Norman conquest of 1066.
2006-11-28 02:11:24 · answer #1 · answered by hippoterry2005 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
England takes its name from the Angles — one of a number of Germanic tribes who settled in the territory during the 5th and 6th centuries
2006-11-28 02:06:21 · answer #2 · answered by willhemmingway1205 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Angle-land, land of the angles, one of a large germanic group that settled here
2006-11-28 02:11:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the romans - when they brought them as slaves they were amazed at all the light haired and fair skinned people
they called them angles - / angels
the rest is elementary
2006-11-28 05:45:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My Uncle Arnold. He wasn't able to spell the real name, so we got stuck with this one.
2006-11-28 02:52:09 · answer #5 · answered by sashtou 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Brits.
2006-11-28 02:03:32 · answer #6 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it was Eng the Viking,,who came to rape and pillage and rape,,he liked rape,,so he stayed here
2006-11-28 03:16:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
angel of land
2006-11-28 07:53:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
anglo-saxons-anglais.?
2006-11-28 06:56:04 · answer #9 · answered by steven e 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
needs renaming...ISLAME
2006-11-28 06:58:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋