Vi fant 3 definisjoner av England på engelsk.
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| England - a division of the United Kingdom | ||
| britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland, great britain a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom | ||
| europe the nations of the European continent collectively; "the Marshall Plan helped Europe recover from World War II" | ||
| cotswold hills, cotswolds a range of low hills in southwestern England | ||
| cheviot hills, cheviots a range of hills on the border between England and Scotland | ||
| pennine chain, pennines a system of hills in Britain that extend from the Scottish border in the north to the Trent River in the south; forms the watershed for English rivers | ||
| lancaster the English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461; its emblem was a red rose | ||
| lake district, lakeland a popular tourist area in northwestern England including England's largest lake and highest mountain | ||
| british capital, capital of the united kingdom, greater london, london the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center | ||
| manchester a city in northwestern England (30 miles to the east of Liverpool); heart of the most densely populated area of England | ||
| kingston-upon hull, hull the frame or body of ship | ||
| liverpool a large city in northwestern England; its port is the country's major outlet for industrial exports | ||
| brummagem, birmingham a city in central England; 2nd largest English city and an important industrial and transportation center | ||
| oxford a low shoe laced over the instep | ||
| cambridge a city in eastern England on the River Cam; site of Cambridge University | ||
| bath you soak and wash your body in a bathtub; "he has a good bath every morning" | ||
| blackpool a resort town in Lancashire in northwestern England on the Irish Sea; famous for its tower | ||
| brighton a city in East Sussex in southern England that is a popular resort; site of the University of Sussex | ||
| bristol an industrial city and port in southwestern England near the mouth of the River Avon | ||
| cheddar hard smooth-textured cheese; originally made in Cheddar in southwestern England | ||
| leicester an industrial city in Leicestershire in central England; built on the site of a Roman settlement | ||
| newcastle, newcastle-upon-tyne a port city in northeastern England on the River Tyne; a center for coal exports (giving rise to the expression `carry coals to Newcastle' meaning to do something unnecessary) | ||
| pompey, portsmouth Roman general and statesman who quarrelled with Caesar and fled to Egypt where he was murdered (106-48 BC) | ||
| coventry an industrial city in central England; devastated by air raids during World War II; remembered as the home of Lady Godiva in the 11th century | ||
| gloucester a city in southwestern England in Gloucestershire on the Severn | ||
| reading the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments; "he has a job meter reading for the gas company" | ||
| sunderland a port and industrial city in northeastern England | ||
| worcester a cathedral city in west central England on the River Severn | ||
| avon a county in southwestern England | ||
| berkshire a county in southern England | ||
| cornwall a hilly county in southwestern England | ||
| cumbria a county of northwestern England | ||
| cumbria a county of northwestern England | ||
| devonshire, devon red dual-purpose cattle of English origin | ||
| essex a county in southeastern England on the North Sea and the Thames estuary | ||
| gloucestershire a county in southwestern England in the lower Severn valley | ||
| hampshire British breed of hornless dark-faced domestic sheep | ||
| hertfordshire a county in southern England | ||
| kent a county in southeastern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, it was the first to be colonized by the Romans | ||
| somerset a county in southwestern England on the Bristol Channel | ||
| east sussex a county in southern England on the English Channel | ||
| west sussex a county in southern England on the English Channel | ||
| leicestershire, leicester a largely agricultural county in central England | ||
| lincolnshire an agricultural county of eastern England on the North Sea | ||
| northumberland the northernmost county of England; has many Roman remains (including Hadrian's Wall) | ||
| east anglia a region of eastern England that was formerly a kingdom | ||
| lancashire a historical area of northwestern England on the Irish Sea; noted for textiles | ||
| surrey a light four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; has two or four seats | ||
| marston moor a battle in 1644 in which the Parliamentarians under the earl of Manchester defeated the Royalists under Prince Rupert | ||
| yorkshire a former large county in northern England; in 1974 it was divided into three smaller counties | ||
| north yorkshire a county in northern England | ||
| west yorkshire a metropolitan county in northern England | ||
| south yorkshire a metropolitan county in northern England | ||
| northamptonshire a county is central England | ||
| northumbria | ||
| west country the southwestern part of England (including Cornwall and Devon and Somerset) | ||
| sussex a county in southern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom that was captured by Wessex in the 9th century | ||
| wessex a Saxon kingdom in southwestern England that became the most powerful English kingdom by the 10th century | ||
| hadrian's wall an ancient Roman wall built by Hadrian in the 2nd century; marked the northern boundary of the Roman Empire in Britain | ||
| isles of scilly, scilly islands an archipelago of small islands off the southwestern coast of England near the entrance to the English Channel; formerly a haven for smugglers and pirates | ||
| aire, aire river, river aire a river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire | ||
| upper avon, upper avon river, river avon, avon a county in southwestern England | ||
| river avon, avon a county in southwestern England | ||
| cam river, river cam, cam a rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion | ||
| humber an estuary in central northeastern England formed by the Ouse River and the Trent River | ||
| ouse, ouse river a river in northeastern England that flows generally southeastward to join the Trent River and form the Humber | ||
| river severn, severn, severn river a river in England and Wales flowing into the Bristol Channel; the longest river in Great Britain | ||
| river thames, thames, thames river the longest river in England; flows eastward through London to the North Sea | ||
| river trent, trent river, trent a river in central England that flows generally northeastward to join with the Ouse River and form the Humber | ||
| river tyne, tyne, tyne river a river in northern England that flows east to the North Sea | ||
| english person a native or inhabitant of England | ||
| englishman a man who is a native or inhabitant of England | ||
| englishwoman a woman who is a native or inhabitant of England | ||
