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Engle

  1. A surname.
  2. A place in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in Sierra County, New Mexico.
    2. An unincorporated community in Fayette County, Texas.
    3. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, West Virginia.
  3. (historical) Synonym of Angle (member of the tribe of Angles)
    • 1907, Joseph Pomeroy Widney, The Old World, page 255:
      The Engle or English man absorbed the Saxon, absorbed the Jute, but himself remained English.

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Proper noun

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Engle m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Engles or (with an article) Engle, feminine genitive Engle, plural Engles or Engle)

  1. a surname

Old English

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Germanic *angliz. The name is possibly derived from angol (fishhook), from Proto-West Germanic *angul, from Proto-Germanic *angulaz, referring to either the Angles' habitat on the Jutland coast, shaped like a fishhook, or the Angles' probable occupation as fishermen.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈen.ɡle/, [ˈeŋ.ɡle]

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    Engle m pl

    1. the English
    2. England
    3. the Angles

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