Anglesey

中文来自 ECDICT

n.: 安格尔西岛（英国威尔士西北部一岛）

演变路径（由近及远）

英语
源自 ←古诺尔斯语

词源说明

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.

释义（英文）

专有名词 Proper noun

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