ANGLIAN Definition & Meaning

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Anglian

[ ang-glee-uhn ]

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adjective

Also of or relating to the Angles or to East Anglia.

noun

an Angle.
the northern and central group of Old English dialects, spoken in Northumbria and Mercia.

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adjective

of or relating to the Angles or to the Anglian dialects of Old English

noun

the group of Old and Middle English dialects spoken in the Midlands and the north of England, divided into Mercian and Northumbrian See also Kentish West Saxon

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Origin of Anglian¹

First recorded in 1720–30; Angli(a) + -an

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Cpl Roberts, a sniper in the Royal Anglian Regiment based in Oakham, Rutland, died in hospital on 1 November having never regained consciousness, the court heard.

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A two-sided painting by a renowned East Anglian artist has sold at auction for more than double its estimated value.

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Police officers, paramedics, coastguard rescue officers and the East Anglian Ambulance Service were called to Lowestoft at 20:03 GMT on Sunday.

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He served with the Royal Anglian Regiment for four years and had helped to train Ukrainian conscripts following the Russian invasion in February 2022.

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The other six – Anglian Water, Northumbrian Water, Severn Trent, South West Water, United Utilities and Yorkshire Water - had refused to share data about when they might be spilling with the BBC.

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