East Anglia

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

East Anglia
Region
Flag of East Anglia
Flag
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
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
Ceremonial counties

East Anglia is an area in the East of England,[1] often defined as including the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.[2] 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.

  1. ^ "Jade Goody and the many faces of East Anglia". BBC News. 15 May 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  2. ^ "East of England". Office for National Statistics. The National Archives. 25 March 2010. Archived from the original on 8 January 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2017.