I get the Viking strategy with Iceland and Greenland, and Ireland doesn't really make sense either, but why call it England?
2007-05-27 17:00:30 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
One of the ancient occupants of the British Isles were a Germanic tribe called Angles. I believe England is simply a corruption of the term Angleland, referring to the place where the Angles lived. Over centuries of use and abuse, the term came to be pronounced England.
2007-05-27 17:49:19 · answer #1 · answered by MathBioMajor 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
In French, it is called ANGLETERRE- meaning land of the Angles. I never understood why different languages change the names of countries. If the people who live there use England, why can't everyone? Why translate names?
2007-05-28 00:58:57 · answer #2 · answered by Machan 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's Angle-land, after the Angles
2007-05-28 07:44:05 · answer #3 · answered by murnip 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The name "England" is from a mutation of the word "Anglo" (as in Anglo-Saxon) ... land of the Anglo ... Angloland ... England
2007-05-28 00:39:42 · answer #4 · answered by OutThere5280 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
because onion was taken
2007-05-28 00:08:36 · answer #5 · answered by Steven C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋