The name "England" is derived from the Old English name Englaland, which means "land of the Angles". The Angles were one of the Germanic tribes that settled in Great Britain during the Early Middle Ages. The Angles came from the Angeln peninsula in the Bay of Kiel area of the Baltic Sea. According to the Oxford English Dictionary , the first known use of "England" to refer to the southern part of the island of Great Britain occurs in 897, and its modern spelling was first used in 1538.
英格兰（England）这个名字来源于古英语 Englaland ，它表示“盎格鲁人的土地”。盎格鲁人来自波罗的海基尔湾地区的安格尔恩半岛。盎格鲁人为日耳曼部落中的分支，最早于中世纪早期定居于大不列颠岛。根据《牛津英语词典》，首次用“英格兰（England）”来指大不列颠岛南部地区的时间是公元897年，而其现代拼写首次出现在1538年。
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The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Palaeolithic period, but it takes its name from the Angles. England became a unified state in 927 AD, and since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century, has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world. The English language, the Anglican Church, and English law—the basis for the common law legal systems of many other countries around the world—developed in England, and the country's parliamentary system of government has been widely adopted by other nations.
在旧石器时代后期，现代人最早开始居住于现在被称为英格兰的地区，但是它的得名源于盎格鲁人。公元927年，英格兰成为了一个统一的国家，且自15世纪的大发现时代开始，它在文化上以及司法上对越来越广阔的世界有着重要的影响。源于英格兰的英语、英国国教、英国司法体制（它是世界上许多国家司法体系的基础）以及英国的议会制已经被其他国家广泛采用。
