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Anglo

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The term '''Anglo''' can be used as a prefix to indicate a relation to England and the United Kingdom, as in the phrases 'Anglo-American' or 'Anglo-America'. It is also used, somewhat loosely, to refer to a person or people of English people English/Anglo-Saxon ethnicity in Northern America and Southern Africa. Anglo is a Late Latin prefix used to denote "English (disambiguation) English-" in conjunction with another toponym or demonym. The word is placename etymology derived from Anglia, the Latin name for England, and still the modern name of its southeastern portion. Anglia and England both mean "Land of the Angles", a Germanic peoples Germanic people originating in the north Germany German peninsula of Angeln.

Specialized usage

Canada
In Canada, and especially in Quebec, the term anglophone is widely used to designate someone whose everyday language is English, as contrasted to francophone (someone whose everyday language is French language French) and Allophone (Canadian usage) allophones (those who use any other language).

United States
In much of the United States, especially in the Southwest United States Southwest, Anglo is often used to refer to all whites white people of not of Hispanic origin even though not all white people are descended from the British Isles. A similar term is ''gringo'', which is (at times considered to be) offensive (thought it is not typically intended to be so by those employing the term). Anglo is increasingly becoming a more politically charged term in light of the recent immigration controversy. Many native-born Americans who speak English resent being described as 'Anglo', in particular those who have no English heritage.

Australia
In Australia "Anglo" is the abbreviation of Anglo-Celtic or Anglo-Irish, which refers to the majority of Australians who are of mixed English and Irish people Irish stock. Roughly one third of Australians are of Irish ancestry. In contemporary Australian usage "Anglo" is often used to denote the dominant ethnic group in Australia, either neutrally or as a slur. The slur equivalent is generally "Skip" taken from the title character of the Skippy the Bush Kangaroo television series who, as a kangaroo, fit stereotypical mainstream concepts of Australia.

Scotland
In Scotland the term Anglo-Scot, often shortened to "Anglo", is used to refer to people born in England with Scottish ancestry such as Rod Stewart and Sandy Lyle. In general, the term is used to refer to the "white" ethnic group within a mixed-race context and rarely connotes specific ancestral or cultural origins (compare WASP). Nonetheless, some consider broad uses erroneous, particularly if they feel that it does connote English ancestry or culture. For the term's use in a global context, see Anglosphere

See also
*Anglo-Indian *Anglophile Category:England Category:Ethnic groups in Australasia Category:Ethnic groups in Canada Category:Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom Category:Ethnic groups in the United States

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