Angles \An"gles\, n. pl. [L. Angli. See {Anglican}.] (Ethnol.)
An ancient Low German tribe, that settled in Britain, which
came to be called Engla-land (Angleland or England). The
Angles probably came from the district of Angeln (now within
the limits of Schleswig), and the country now Lower Hanover,
etc.
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