Anglo
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The term Anglo can be used as a prefix to indicate a relation to England, as in the phrases 'Anglo-American' or 'Anglo-America'.
It is also used, somewhat loosely, to refer to a person or people of English or British ethnicity in North America. In Canada, it is usually used to distinguish the English-speaking population from the Francophone communities. In much of the United States, especially in the Southwest, it usually means any white person of non-Hispanic ethnicity. In areas where a number of French speakers are present, such as southern Louisiana or northern New England, it may refer primarily to people who are not of French heritage. 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 stock. Roughly, one third of Australians are of Irish ancestry.
In general, the term is used to contrast the national "majority" with ethnic minority groups, and rarely connotes specific ancestral or cultural origins, (compare WASP).
For the term's use in a global context, see Anglosphere