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2007-02-07 04:18:00 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Languages

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The Romans knew the island of England, Scotland and Wales as Albion. When they conquered part of it (modern day England and Wales) and made it one of the provinces of the Roman Empire they called it Britannia.

Cambria is the Roman name for Wales.

Ireland: Roman writers called it both Scotia and Hibernia.

Caledonia is the Roman name for Scotland

2007-02-08 09:27:05 · answer #1 · answered by alpha 7 · 2 1

I'm assuming you mean the ancient Romans? The Romans called the British Isle "Britannia", England "Albion", Wales "Cambria", Ireland "Hibernia", and Scotland "Caledonia".

The ancient Romans did NOT refer to the English as "Anglia" - that was a name given to them a thousand years later, during the time of Pope Gregory, when English boys on sale in Rome as slaves were referred to as having the faces of angels.

2007-02-10 17:13:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 5

Britanni

Britanni -orum, m. pl. [the Britons]
Britannia -ae , f. [Britain]
Britannicus -a -um, [British]


Angli has also been used

Anglus - Englishman
Anglia - England
Anglicus - English

2007-02-07 10:56:58 · answer #3 · answered by Jeannie 7 · 2 1

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