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anglo

See also: Anglo, Anglo-, and anglo-

English

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Etymology

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From Anglo-.

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anglo (plural anglos)

  1. An English person or person of English ancestry.
    Back when we went to the World Cup in South Africa, we saw many anglos waving English flags.
  2. (Southwestern US, informal, sometimes offensive) A North American, especially a white one (regardless of actual ethnicity), whose native language is English (as opposed to Americans who have another native language).
    • 1984 February 4, David Morris, “Different Origins: Joto Güero del West Side”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 28, page 15:
      Spanish was the only "foreign" language taught in the school, where most of the students spoke Spanish as a first language, and it was taught by an Anglo teacher from textbooks written by and for Anglos […] Somehow, the school administration saw no contradiction in rewarding Anglo students for learning to conjugate ser while punishing Chicano students for speaking Spanish on the school grounds.
      The school is in San Antonio.
  3. (Australia, informal) An Anglo-Australian (as opposed to Australians of Mediterranean or Middle Eastern background)
  4. (Canada, informal) An English-speaking Quebecer.
  5. (nonstandard) A British person or person of British ancestry.
  6. An anglo concertina.

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Aragonese

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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anglo m (plural anglos or angls)

  1. angle

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  • “ángulo”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
  • Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “anglo”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

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Etymology

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Derived from Latin Anglus, of Germanic origin. Doublet of englo.

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anglo (accusative singular anglon, plural angloj, accusative plural anglojn)

  1. Englander (a person from England)
  2. Englishman (a man from England or of English descent)

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hokkien 洪爐 / 洪炉 (âng-lô͘, “large oven; great furnace”), from Hokkien 洪 (âng, “vast, immense”) + 爐 / 炉 (lô͘, “fireplace, stove, oven, furnace”).

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  • IPA(key): /aŋ.lo/
  • Hyphenation: ang‧lo

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anglo (plural anglo-anglo)

  1. (dialectal) small stove

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Italian

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anglo (feminine angla, masculine plural angli, feminine plural angle)

  1. Anglian (of the Angles)
  2. English

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anglo m (plural angli, feminine angla)

  1. Angle
  2. English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin Angliī. See Angle.

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anglo (feminine angla, masculine plural anglos, feminine plural anglas, not comparable)

  1. (relational) of the Angles or the English

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anglo m (plural anglos, feminine angla, feminine plural anglas)

  1. Angle (a member of the ancient Germanic tribe)
  2. Englishman

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Romani

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anglo m (plural anglura)

  1. Englishman

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  • Ilona Sztojkó (2002) “o anglo/ura hn”, in Romano-ungriko vasteski alava / Roma-magyar kéziszótár (in Hungarian), Szeged: Genvin, →OCLC, page 19

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin Anglus.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈanɡlo/ [ˈãŋ.ɡlo]
  • Rhymes: -anɡlo
  • Syllabification: an‧glo

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anglo (feminine angla, masculine plural anglos, feminine plural anglas)

  1. Anglian (pertaining to the Angles)
  2. English (of or relating to England)
    Synonym: inglés
  3. Anglo-Saxon
    Synonym: anglosajón

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anglo m (plural anglos, feminine angla, feminine plural anglas)

  1. Angle (a member of a Germanic tribe)
  2. Englishman
    Synonym: inglés

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anglo m (uncountable)

  1. Anglo-Saxon, Old English (language)
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Sundanese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hokkien 洪爐 / 洪炉 (âng-lô͘, “large oven; great furnace”).

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anglo (Sundanese script ᮃᮍᮣᮧ)

  1. fireplace
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