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East Anglia
Region of England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the modern region. For the Anglo-Saxon kingdom, see Kingdom of East Anglia.
East Anglia is an area in the East of England.[1] It comprises the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, with Essex also included in some definitions.[2][3] The name derives from the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of the East Angles, a people whose name originated in Anglia, in what is now Northern Germany.
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East Anglia | |
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Etymology: Kingdom of the East Angles | |
![]() East Anglia: with the ceremonial counties of Norfolk and Suffolk (in red) to the north and south and Cambridgeshire and Essex (in pink) to the west | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Country | England |
Region | East of England |
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