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Anglesea

Anglesea

5.8
An island northwest of Wales with a beautiful coast and old buildings
  • proper noun
translation icon : Anglesey
  • We're playing here at Anglesea, home to the Anglesea Kangaroos.
  • Anglesea Golf Club
  • Anglesea Golf

Examples

  • We're playing here at Anglesea, home to the Anglesea Kangaroos.

    Blinder (2013)

  • Selwood at Anglesea.

    Blinder (2013)

  • We're playing here at Anglesea, home to the Anglesea Kangaroos.

    Blinder (2013)

  • Novices should head to the Go Ride a Wave surf school at Anglesea.

  • Continue 20 minutes to the west, and you'll be in Anglesea, a village whose 2,000 human residents generate less attention than its kangaroos.

Synonyms

Anglesey
vsAnglesea
2 6.9

An island off the northwest coast of Wales that is also a county known for countryside and old buildings

is described for scenery and history rather than for county status
Anglesey Island
vsAnglesea
5.6

A large island off the northwest coast of Wales separated from the mainland by the Menai Strait

is presented for its scenic landscapes and historical sites rather than separation

Surface Forms

Anglesea main

Etymology

Anglesea probably comes from old words meaning 'island of the Angles'. The Angles were an old German people who gave their name to England, so the name simply marks the island off northwest Wales as the Angles' island.