england

Noun
  1. A division of the United Kingdom (synset 108891234)
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    • great revolt, peasant's revolt - a widespread rebellion in 1381 against poll taxes and other inequities that oppressed the poorer people of England; suppressed by Richard II
    • battle of flodden field, flodden - a battle in 1513; the English defeated the invading Scots and James IV was killed
    • battle of hastings, hastings - the decisive battle in which William the Conqueror (duke of Normandy) defeated the Saxons under Harold II (1066) and thus left England open for the Norman Conquest
    • battle of maldon, maldon - a battle in which the Danes defeated the Saxons in 991; celebrated in an old English poem
    • battle of marston moor, marston moor - a battle in 1644 in which the Parliamentarians under the earl of Manchester defeated the Royalists under Prince Rupert
    • battle of naseby, naseby - a battle in 1645 that settled the outcome of the first English Civil War as the Parliamentarians won a major victory over the Royalists
    • battle of tewkesbury, tewkesbury - the final battle of the War of the Roses in 1471 in which Edward IV defeated the Lancastrians
    • english civil war - civil war in England between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists under Charles I; 1644-1648
    • restoration - the re-establishment of the British monarchy in 1660
    • war of the roses, wars of the roses - struggle for the English throne (1455-1485) between the house of York (white rose) and the house of Lancaster (red rose) ending with the accession of the Tudor monarch Henry VII
    • balldress - a suit or dress for formal occasions
    • puritanism - the beliefs and practices characteristic of Puritans (most of whom were Calvinists who wished to purify the Church of England of its Catholic aspects)
    • sherwood forest - an ancient forest in central England; formerly a royal hunting ground; said to be the home of Robin Hood and his merry band
    • borderer - an inhabitant of a border area (especially the border between Scotland and England)
    • esquire - (Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood
    • franklin - a landowner (14th and 15th centuries) who was free but not of noble birth
    • fancy man, pandar, pander, panderer, pimp, ponce, procurer - someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
    • alfred alistair cooke, alistair cooke, cooke - United States journalist (born in England in 1908)
    • a level - the advanced level of a subject taken in school (usually two years after O level)
    • gcse, general certificate of secondary education, o level - the basic level of a subject taken in school
    • regency - the period from 1811-1820 when the Prince of Wales was regent during George III's periods of insanity
    • saxon - of or relating to or characteristic of the early Saxons or Anglo-Saxons and their descendents (especially the English or Lowland Scots) and their language
    is an instance of: european country, european nation - any one of the countries occupying the European continent
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    • albion - archaic name for England or Great Britain; used poetically
    • anglia - the Latin name for England
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    • 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 - a city in northwestern England
    • 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
    • hull, kingston-upon hull - a large fishing port in northeastern England
    • liverpool - a large city in northwestern England; its port is the country's major outlet for industrial exports
    • birmingham, brummagem - a city in central England; 2nd largest English city and an important industrial and transportation center
    • oxford - a city in southern England to the northwest of London; site of Oxford University
    • cambridge - a city in eastern England on the River Cam; site of Cambridge University
    • bath - a town in southwestern England on the River Avon; famous for its hot springs and Roman remains
    • 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 - a village in southwestern England where cheddar cheese was first made
    • 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 - a port city in southern England on the English Channel; Britain's major naval base
    • 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 - a city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England
    • 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 former Celtic kingdom in northwestern England; the name continued to be used for the hilly northwestern region of England including the Lake District and the northern Pennines
    • devon, devonshire - a county in southwestern England
    • 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 - a county of southern England on the English Channel
    • 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
    • leicester, leicestershire - 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 county in southeastern England on the Thames
    • marston moor - a former moor in northern England
    • 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 - an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in northern England until 876
    • 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
    • avon, river avon, upper avon, upper avon river - a river in central England that flows through Stratford-on-Avon and empties into the Severn
    • avon, river avon - a river in southwestern England rising in Gloucestershire and flowing through Bristol to empty into the estuary of the Severn
    • cam, cam river, river cam - a river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River
    • 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, trent river - 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
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