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What is the difference between Anglia and England? When it's used.

Some examples of modern usages:

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    I don't know about my UK-based friends here on ELU, but here in the US, I've literally never heard anyone say or use "Anglia". That said, Wikipedia suggests it is sometimes used for "A name for the eastern part of England, including East Anglia, Mid Anglia and West Anglia".
    – Dan Bron
    Commented Aug 27, 2014 at 11:08
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    It's really only used for 'East-Anglia', which consists of three counties south of 'The Wash'. I doubt if anyone uses 'Mid-Anglia' any more and definitely not 'West-Anglia'. It is also the name of a Ford model manufactured from 1940(ish) to the late 1960's - The Ford Anglia.
    – Frank
    Commented Aug 27, 2014 at 11:15
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    Do you see a difference between when it's used and when it's not used? In other words, when a thing is not used one would suppose there can be no problem with it. E.g., if you don't use a knife you won't cut yourself with it.
    – Robusto
    Commented Aug 27, 2014 at 11:19
  • kenorb: You keep adding bullets to your question, but Marv has covered them all already. As he said, the word for "England" in Latin was "Anglia", which is where and when Polish imported it (ie a long time ago), and the other three items are all related to his point that the eastern part of the island is sometimes (infrequently) called "Anglia" (that's where the university is, that's what the rail franchise covers, and that what it says on some old signs in "East Anglia"). But heed him: "Anglia" is almost unused is modern English, and in any case never refers to the whole island or nation.
    – Dan Bron
    Commented Aug 27, 2014 at 11:43
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    Well, you came here to ask, and you got your answer. It's yours to do with what you want (but fortunately the next guy who's bamboozled by fantastic adverts will find Marv's answer to set him straight).
    – Dan Bron
    Commented Aug 27, 2014 at 12:40

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Anglia is the Medieval (Latin) name for England and has never been used in my earshot to refer to the country of England (I am English). If it were used now it would imply that the subject of the usage was ancient England.

There is still an area of England known as "East Anglia" in common usage, but there is no common usage of North, West or South Anglia (though I imagine these regions may have local usage of these terms).

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