Re: CHAT National toponyms (was: OT Caution!! IRA funding)

Paul Bennett wrote:

> On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 18:16:12 +0100, Ray Brown <ray.brown@...>
> wrote:
>
>> On Wednesday, September 15, 2004, at 11:12 , J. 'Mach' Wust wrote:
>> [snip]
>>
>>> It's strange how names of countries are formed. Sometimes, the place
>>> name
>>> adopted for the country may have been used for the whole area of that
>>> country (Australia), sometimes only for a part (England, Holland).
>>> However
>>
>>
>> Holland I understand. But England? I was born here and have lived in
>> England nearly two thirds of my 65+ years (the other third I lived in
>> Wales). But what is this part of England from which England is named?
>
>
> The kingdom of Anglia was only a part of the island, at one time. I'm
> assuming that's what Mach was refering to.
>
>
>
Only there was never (at least in historical times) a Kingdom called
'Anglia'. East Anglia, sure.(incidentally, what was that in Old English?)

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