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Angeln, also known as Anglia (German: ''Angeln'', Danish: ''Angel'', Latin: ''Anglia''), is a small peninsula (within the larger Jutland peninsula) in Southern Schleswig in the northern Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, protruding into the Bay of Kiel. It is separated from the neighbouring peninsula of Schwansen (Danish: ''Svans'' or ''Svansø'') by the Schlei inlet, and from the Danish island of Als by the Flensburger Förde ("Firth of Flensburg"). Whether ancient Angeln conformed to these borders, however, is uncertain. It may have been somewhat larger; however, the ancient sources mainly concur that it included the territory of modern Angeln. Angeln has a significance far beyond its current small area and country terrain, in that it is believed to have been the original home of the Angles, Germanic immigrants to central and Northern England and East Anglia. This migration led to their new homeland being named after them, from which the name "England" derives. Both England and the English language, thus, ultimately derive at least their names from the Angles and Angeln. ==Name== The name of the Angles is thought to derive from the name of the area they inhabited, ''Angeln''. The latter has been hypothesised to originate from the Germanic root for "narrow" (compare German ''eng'' = "narrow"), meaning "the Narrow ()", i.e. the Schlei estuary; the root would be angh, "tight". Another theory is that the name meant "hook", as in angling for fish; Julius Pokorny, a major Indo-European linguist, derives it from ( *ang- ), "bend" (see ankle). Angeln is situated on the large bight linking the Baltic coast to Jutland, which is mainly the Bay of Kiel (''Kieler Bucht''), but might be seen as ''Holsteiner Bucht''. The Angles were part of the grouping of the Ingvaeones, claiming descent from the legendary ancestor and fertility god Yngvi. Pokorny points out the possible use of this etymological root in other ancient names, such as Hardanger and Angrivarii. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Angeln」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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