East Anglia


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East Anglia

A region and Anglo-Saxon kingdom of eastern England. Settled by Angles in the late fifth century ad, it was a powerful kingdom by the late sixth century but became a dependency of Mercia for long periods after 650. The Danes controlled the region from 886 to 917, after which it became an English earldom.
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East Anglia

n
1. (Placename) a region of E England south of the Wash: consists of Norfolk and Suffolk, and parts of Essex and Cambridgeshire
2. (Historical Terms) an Anglo-Saxon kingdom that consisted of Norfolk and Suffolk in the 6th century ad; became a dependency of Mercia in the 8th century
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East′ An′glia


n.
1. a region in E England, consisting chiefly of Norfolk and Suffolk.
2. a kingdom of the Anglo-Saxon heptarchy in E Britain.
East′ An′glian, adj., n.
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Noun1.East Anglia - a region of eastern England that was formerly a kingdom
England - a division of the United Kingdom
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Philip knew what sort of lives the clergy led in the corner of East Anglia which was his home.
On the other hand, Laird Johnson, a very capable East Anglia observer, has recorded six-twenty as the hour.
Yet there was much around to interest us, for we were passing through as singular a countryside as any in England, where a few scattered cottages represented the population of to-day, while on every hand enormous square-towered churches bristled up from the flat green landscape and told of the glory and prosperity of old East Anglia. At last the violet rim of the German Ocean appeared over the green edge of the Norfolk coast, and the driver pointed with his whip to two old brick and timber gables which projected from a grove of trees.
UK-based Cambridge & Counties Bank has appointed Jayne Follows as regional director, overseeing its East Midlands and East Anglia relationship development team, an online report said.
SCOTTISH Power owner Iberdrola said yesterday it had sold a PS1.6bn stake in an East Anglia wind farm as it looks for funds to expand its networks and renewables production.
ScottishPower Renewable Energy Ltd - a unit of Iberdrola - sold the 40% stake in the East Anglia One project to Macquarie-owned Bilbao Offshore Holding Ltd for GBP1.63 billion, valuing the entire project at GBP4.10 billion.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is concerned about the impact on fares in East Anglia.
Contrary to the Temple University and University of Tennessee study, a recent global study at East Anglia University in which researchers studied data from 20 countries, including the US, UK, France, Spain, Germany, Australia, and Japan, found "spending time in, or living close to, natural green spaces is associated with diverse and significant health benefits" (University of East Anglia, 2018).
THE thriving trade in squirrel meat and fur between Vikings and Anglo Saxon tribes brought leprosy to medieval East Anglia, a study suggests.
UK-based multimedia company Johnston Press plc has closed the disposal of 13 publishing titles and associated websites in East Anglia and East Midlands areas of the UK for GBP 17m (USD 20.85m) in cash, the company said.

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