Europe

L'Angleterre

England

feminine

Going there, being there

en Angleterre

Coming from

d'Angleterre

Why

L'Angleterre is feminine, and a feminine country name takes en: en Angleterre.

The people

un Anglais, une Anglaise

Official language

anglais

Capital

Londres →

Example

Mon correspondant vit en Angleterre.

My pen friend lives in England.

Worth knowing

England is not the United Kingdom: it is one part of it, and the two names do not take the same preposition (en Angleterre, au Royaume-Uni).

Read the full lesson : Prepositions of place →

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