To anglicise (or in North American Englishanglicize) is to adapt a foreign word into the English language, often modifying its form to correspond to standard English Frenchdemoiselle, meaning "little lady". Another common type of anglicisation is the inclusion of a foreign article as part of a noun (eg. algebra, lavolta).
Names can be anglicised, for example, Johann Müller could become John Miller.
For example, people may be Anglicised: an immigrant to England may be said to become Anglicised as he or she acclimates to the culture.
Another common type of Anglicisation is the inclusion of a foreign article as part of a noun (such as algebra, lavolta).
In other cases, firmly entrenched Anglicised names have remained in common use, especially where there is no polarizing national pride at stake: This is the case with Munich, Naples, Rome, Athens, and a host of other western European cities whose names have been familiar in their Anglicised forms for centuries.
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