Anglia
/ˈæŋ.ɡli.ə/noun
A Latin name for England, especially in historical or scholarly contexts.
Did you know?Anglia is the Latinized form behind the name England, and its root is tied to the Angles, the Germanic people whose name likely came from a word for a narrow inlet or bend, not magic—but it sounds like a spellbook title for a reason.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ank-
“to bend, hook, or be narrow”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*Anglaz
“the Angles, a Germanic people”
Old English
OE
Engle
“the Angles; later the English people”
Old English
OE
Englaland
“land of the Angles”
Latin (Medieval)
Latin
Anglia
“England; the land of the Angles”
Modern English
English
Anglia
“a learned or historical name for England”