England

[ing-gluhnd, -luhnd] / ˈɪŋ glənd, -lənd /

NOUN

British Empire

Synonyms

WEAK

Britain Commonwealth of Nations United Kingdom perfidious Albion the Commonwealth

NOUN

United Kingdom

Synonyms

WEAK

Albion Blighty Britain Britannia Commonwealth of Nations Great Britain Land of the Rose UK United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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One wonders what the reaction might be if England lose the first Test, or even the series.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Respectively done on English paper and Indian cotton, each combines techniques from Qing dynasty bird-and-flower painting, Mughal court art and European natural-history studies, not to mention pigments from England, China and India.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

England now face a different challenge, of rebuilding the shattered confidence of a team scarred by their walloping down under, against a New Zealand team that could very easily pose huge problems.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Anderson enjoyed a stellar season with Forest and has been selected in Thomas Tuchel's England squad for the World Cup.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

I will never go back to England again.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman

England

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