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English
Etymology
From Anglo-.
Pronunciation
Noun
anglo (plural anglos)
- 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.
- (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.
- (Australia, informal) An Anglo-Australian (as opposed to Australians of Mediterranean or Middle Eastern background)
- (Canada, informal) An English-speaking Quebecer.
- A white-skinned person.
- (nonstandard) A British person or person of British ancestry.
- An anglo concertina.
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Aragonese
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
anglo m (plural anglos or angls)
- angle
References
- “ángulo”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “anglo”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
Esperanto
Etymology
Derived from Latin Anglus, of Germanic origin. Doublet of englo.
Pronunciation
Noun
anglo (accusative singular anglon, plural angloj, accusative plural anglojn)
- Englander (a person from England)
- Englishman (a man from England or of English descent)
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Indonesian
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aŋ.lo/
- Hyphenation: ang‧lo
Noun
anglo (plural anglo-anglo)
- (dialectal) small stove
Further reading
Italian
Pronunciation
Adjective
anglo (feminine angla, masculine plural angli, feminine plural angle)
- Anglian (of the Angles)
- English
Noun
anglo m (plural angli, feminine angla)
- Angle
- English
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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Angliī. See Angle.
Pronunciation
Adjective
anglo (feminine angla, masculine plural anglos, feminine plural anglas, not comparable)
- (relational) of the Angles or the English
Noun
anglo m (plural anglos, feminine angla, feminine plural anglas)
- Angle (a member of the ancient Germanic tribe)
- Englishman
Derived terms
Romani
Noun
anglo m (plural anglura)
- Englishman
References
- Ilona Sztojkó (2002) “o anglo/ura hn”, in Romano-ungriko vasteski alava / Roma-magyar kéziszótár (in Hungarian), Szeged: Genvin, →OCLC, page 19
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Anglus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
anglo (feminine angla, masculine plural anglos, feminine plural anglas)
- Anglian (pertaining to the Angles)
- English (of or relating to England)
- Synonym: inglés
- Anglo-Saxon
- Synonym: anglosajón
Noun
anglo m (plural anglos, feminine angla, feminine plural anglas)
- Angle (a member of a Germanic tribe)
- Englishman
- Synonym: inglés
Noun
anglo m (uncountable)
- Anglo-Saxon, Old English (language)
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Sundanese
Noun
anglo (Sundanese script ᮃᮍᮣᮧ)
- fireplace