anglophone
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- adjective
- /ˈæŋɡləˌfoʊn/
:
anglófono
- Many countries in the world are classified as anglophone because English is their primary language.
- Anglophone countries
- Anglophone newspapers
- Anglophone context
And we had these five Supreme Court justices in their wigs, as you know, because we are Anglophone, you know, so we keep these wigs.
- And we had these five Supreme Court justices in their wigs, as you know, because we are Anglophone, you know, so we keep these wigs.
Examples
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The issue has special dimensions for Quebec, where American capital and unionism also mean Anglophone dominance.
Academic text (1998) -
Education has been a flashpoint in the Anglophone crisis.
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Many of these groups come from churches that, in turn, had Anglophone relations.
Academic text (2005) -
I have 88 such lists from Anglophone sources, together covering the period between 1960 and 2010.
Blog text (10) -
(For purposes of this analysis, we will leave aside the Anglophone territories within the formal British Empire.)
Academic text (1995) -
Communication was hampered by the fact that artists came from both Anglophone and Francophone zones.
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The British favored a vibrant and free press in Anglophone West Africa, and the French discouraged this development in their colonies.
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The Western Grassfields is a region that corresponds to the Anglophone North West Province of the Republic of Cameroon.
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Two early records of stilt masquerades in the Caribbean come from St. Vincent, an anglophone island in the central Windward Islands.
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Most portrayals of native English speakers are restricted to the British and/or Americans, neglecting other Anglophone societies.
Academic text (2018)
Synonyms
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Relating to England, the English language or English-speaking culture
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A person, country, or community that can speak English
How English-speaking
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word anglophone comes from anglo- meaning 'English' and -phone meaning 'voice', like in telephone. So an anglophone country or culture is one that 'speaks English'.