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Word: anglia (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...town. Likewise Our Lady the Queen of the Angels of Porciuncula, later to be known as Los Angeles. And Cromer was a town, and is a town, and you'll find it on a map of the east coast of England, in the district called East Anglia, facing the North Sea, facing Germany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Cromer Is A Town | 12/14/1942 | See Source »

...invasion's funniest story came from "Fifth Column Headquarters in East Anglia," which announced that a young lieutenant disguised as a butler had made his way into enemy headquarters, served a three-course dinner to the commanding general, then put a box of chocolates into the general's bed. Inside the box was a note: "Dear Sir: This is to inform you that this is a bomb which would have exploded when you touched it with your foot. Yours respectfully, Fifth Columnist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: BATTLE OF BRITAIN: Invasion Preview | 5/12/1941 | See Source »

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