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• English — may refer to: * England, a constituent country of the United Kingdom; * the English language; * the English people; ;Toponyms *English, Indiana, a town in Indiana *English River, names of several rivers in North America;Surnames * Alex English,… …   Wikipedia

• English — Eng lish, n. 1. Collectively, the people of England; English people or persons. [1913 Webster] 2. The language of England or of the English nation, and of their descendants in America, India, and other countries. [1913 Webster] Note: The English… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• English — Eng lish, a. [AS. Englisc, fr. Engle, Angle, Engles, Angles, a tribe of Germans from the southeast of Sleswick, in Denmark, who settled in Britain and gave it the name of England. Cf. {Anglican}.] Of or pertaining to England, or to its… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• English — Eng lish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Englished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Englishing}.] 1. To translate into the English language; to Anglicize; hence, to interpret; to explain. [1913 Webster] Those gracious acts . . . may be Englished more properly, acts of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• English — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English englisc, from Engle (plural) Angles Date: before 12th century of, relating to, or characteristic of England, the English people, or the English language • Englishness noun II. noun Date:… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• English — See: BODY ENGLISH …   Dictionary of American idioms

• English — See: BODY ENGLISH …   Dictionary of American idioms

• English orthography — is the alphabetic spelling system used by the English language. English orthography, like other alphabetic orthographies, uses a set of rules that generally governs how speech sounds are represented in writing. English has relatively complicated… …   Wikipedia

• English-only movement — English only movement, also known as Official English movement, refers to a political movement for the use only of the English language in official government operations through the establishing of English as the only official language in the… …   Wikipedia

• English nationalism — is the name given to a nationalist political movement in England that desires national independence for England. In recent years this has been advocated via a devolved English Parliament. Some English nationalists go further, and seek the re… …   Wikipedia

• English grammar — is a body of rules (grammar) specifying how phrases and sentences are constructed in the English language. Accounts of English grammar tend to fall into two groups: the descriptivist , which describes the grammatical system of English; and the… …   Wikipedia