England

a division of the United Kingdom

• Albion — archaic name for England or Great Britain; used poetically
• Anglia — the Latin name for England
• Blighty — a slang term for England used by English troops serving abroad

• European country, European nation — countries occupying the European continent

• English person — a native or inhabitant of England
• Englishman — a man who is a native or inhabitant of England
• Englishwoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of England

• Flodden, Flodden Field, battle of Flodden Field — a battle in 1513; the English defeated the invading Scots and James IV of Scotland was killed
• Hastings, battle of 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
• Maldon, battle of Maldon — a battle in which the Danes defeated the East Saxons in 991; celebrated in an old English poem
• Marston Moor, battle of Marston Moor — a battle in 1644 in which the Parliamentarians under the earl of Manchester defeated the Royalists under Prince Rupert
• Naseby, battle of 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
• Tewkesbury, battle of Tewkesbury — the final battle of the War of the Roses in 1471 in which Edward IV defeated the Lancastrians
• English Civil War — English history: war 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
• Cotswolds, Cotswold Hills — a range of low hills in southwestern England
• Lancaster — a city in northwestern England
• Lake District, Lakeland — a popular tourist area in northwestern England including England's largest lake and highest mountain
• London, Greater London, British capital, capital of the United Kingdom — 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 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 northwest of London; site of Oxford University
• Cambridge — a city in eastern England on the River Cam; site of Cambridge University
• 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
• Leicester — an industrial city on the River Soar in Leicestershire in central England; built on the site of a Roman settlement
• Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne — a port 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)
• Portsmouth, Pompey — 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
• 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
• 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; 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
• Leicestershire, Leicester — 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 colony in Southeastern England on the Thames
• 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
• Northumbria — an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in northern England until 876
• West Country — the southwest of England (including Cornwall and Devon and Somerset)
• Sussex — a former Anglo-Saxon kingdom in southern England on the English Channel; 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 the Emperor Hadrian in the 2nd century; marked the northern boundary of the Roman Empire in Britain
• Scilly Islands, Isles of Scilly — 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, River Aire — a river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire
• Avon, Upper Avon — a river in central England that flows through Stratford-on-Avon and empties into the Severn
• Avon — a river in southwestern England rising in Gloucestershire and flowing through Bristol to empty into the estuary of the Severn
• Severn, River Severn, Severn River — a river in England and Wales flowing into the Bristol Channel; the longest river in Great Britain
• Tyne, River Tyne — a river in northern England that flows east to the North Sea

• United Kingdom, UK, Great Britain, GB, Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland
• Europe — the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles