East Anglia

East Anglia is an area in the East of England. It comprises the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, with Cambridgeshire and Essex also included in some definitions. 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.

This article is about the modern region. For the Anglo-Saxon kingdom, see Kingdom of East Anglia.

East Anglia
Region
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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 stateUnited Kingdom
CountryEngland
RegionEast of England
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