Anglesey

n. 安格尔西岛（英国威尔士西北部一岛）

发音

其它 /ˈæŋ.ɡəl.siː/

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    An island and traditional county at the northwestern extremity of north Wales. It is separated from Caernarfonshire on the mainland by a narrow stretch of water called the Menai Strait. The county was merged into Gwynedd in 1974.

  2. 2.

    A unitary authority in Wales, Isle of Anglesey County Council, created in 1996 when it was separated from Gwynedd.

  3. 3.

    A marquisate in the peerage of the United Kingdom.

词源

Possibly of Old Norse origin, from Ǫngullsey (“hook island”) (ǫngull + ey) or Ǫnglisey (“Ǫngli's island”), the name Ǫngli itself being a variant of Ǫngull and from the former noun. Folk etymology confused the name with that of the Angles. More at Anglesey.

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