Everything about Anglo totally explained
The term
Anglo is used as a prefix to indicate a relation to the
Angles,
England or the
English people, as in the phrases '
Anglo-Saxon', '
Anglo-American', '
Anglo-Celtic', and '
Anglo-Indian'. It is often used alone, somewhat loosely, to refer to a person or people of
English ethnicity in the
The Americas,
Australia and
Southern Africa. It is also used, both in
English-speaking and non-English-speaking countries, to refer to
Anglophone people of other
European origins.
Anglo is a
Late Latin prefix used to denote "
English-" in conjunction with another
toponym or
demonym. The word is
derived from
Anglia, the Latin name for
England, and still the modern name of its eastern region. Anglia and England both mean "Land of the
Angles", a
Germanic people originating in the north
German peninsula of
Angeln.
Anglo isn't a technical term. There are
linguistic problems with using the word as an adjective or noun on its own. For example, the 'o' in Anglo means 'and' (
Anglo-Saxon means of
Angle and
Saxon origin), so there's only an apparent parallelism between, for example, "
Latino" and "Anglo". However, a
semantic change has taken place in many English-speaking regions, so that in informal usage the meanings listed below are valid.
Specialized usage
Australia
In Australia, "Anglo" is used as part of the term
Anglo-Celtic, which refers to the majority of Australians who are of British and/or
Irish descent.
Canada
In
Canada, and especially in
Canadian French, the term
anglophone is widely used to designate someone whose everyday language is English, as contrasted to
francophone whose everyday language is
French and
allophones, those with a different
mother tongue. In Quebec, the word refers to
English-speaking Quebecers in both English and French.
Anglo-Metis is also sometimes used to refer to a historical ethnic group.
Israel
Immigrants from English-speaking countries were referred to as
Anglo-Saxonim, and now sometimes shortened to
Anglo.
New Zealand
Anglo in
New Zealand refers to anyone who's of British (Anglo-Celtic) ancestry, although the more popular term for them, as well as for any white New Zealander, is
Pākehā, a
Maori term used by the indigenous
Polynesian people.
Scotland
In
Scotland the term
Anglo-Scot, often shortened to "Anglo", is used to refer to people born in
England with Scottish ancestry, or people born in Scotland with English ancestry.
Southern Africa
In
South Africa,
Anglo-South African is used for British-descended, English-speaking white people, who are contrasted with the
Dutch-descended
Afrikaners. Use of
Anglo occurs elsewhere in former
British colonies in
Africa which have sizable British communities, including
Namibia,
Botswana,
Zimbabwe, and
Kenya. However, the term "Anglo" is more heavily used in
South Africa than in these other countries because of
Apartheid and the importance it placed on
race.
United States
In the
United States,
Anglo refers to
White Americans of
non-Hispanic or
non-French descent. The term is used without regard to whether or not they're of English descent. Many people included in the definition don't identify themselves as "Anglo", and some may find the term offensive. For example, some
Irish Americans may resist the term because of historic tension with England.
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