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Norfolk en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈnɔː(ɹ).fək/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈnɔː(ɹ).fək/ (General-American)
  • /ˈnɔː(ɹ).foʊk/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English Northfolk, from Old English Norþfolc (literally “northern people”), from norþ (“north, northern”) + folc (“folk, people, race, nation”), equivalent to north + folk. As an Ecuadorian island, clipping of Duke of Norfolk's Island, bestowed by William Ambrosia Cowley in 1684 honor of Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk; his son Henry, the 7th duke; or both. As an Australian island and territory, bestowed by James Cook in 1774 in honor of Mary Howard, wife of the 9th duke.

Meanings

  1. A Norfolk jacket.
  2. A Norfolk spaniel.

Forms

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wikipedia: Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk · wikipedia: Edward Howard, 9th Duke of Norfolk · wikipedia: Norfolk · wikipedia: William Ambrosia Cowley · wikipedia: Mary Howard, Duchess of Norfolk · wikipedia: James Cook · wikipedia: Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk

Norfolk en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈnɔː(ɹ).fək/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈnɔː(ɹ).fək/ (General-American)
  • /ˈnɔː(ɹ).foʊk/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English Northfolk, from Old English Norþfolc (literally “northern people”), from norþ (“north, northern”) + folc (“folk, people, race, nation”), equivalent to north + folk. As an Ecuadorian island, clipping of Duke of Norfolk's Island, bestowed by William Ambrosia Cowley in 1684 honor of Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk; his son Henry, the 7th duke; or both. As an Australian island and territory, bestowed by James Cook in 1774 in honor of Mary Howard, wife of the 9th duke.

Meanings

  1. A maritime county of eastern England bordered by Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Suffolk, and the North Sea.
    • Holonyms: East Anglia < East of England < England < Great Britain, Britain < United Kingdom, UK < Earth, World
    • The shoreline – a mass of seals and their white pups – is one of Britain’s greatest wildlife success stories: a grey seal colony on the east Norfolk coast. 2024 December 26, Donna Ferguson, “‘Britain’s wildlife safari’: baby boom in Norfolk as seal colonies flourish”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 09 Jan 2025:
  2. An English dukedom.
  3. A surname.
  4. A place in the United States, including: ▸ A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
  5. A place in the United States, including: ▸ A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
  6. A place in the United States, including: ▸ An independent city in Virginia; the largest naval base in the world is situated there.
    • Resendiz was last seen on May 29 in her barracks in Miller Hall at Naval Station Norfolk, according to a missing person’s alert issued by Virginia State Police on June 3. 2025 June 13, Rosa Flores, “Missing Navy sailor found dead in Virginia, another sailor in custody”, in CNN, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2025:
  7. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Norfolk County: a county of Massachusetts.
  8. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, historical) Ellipsis of Norfolk County: a former county of Virginia, United States.
  9. An island of Australia; in full, Norfolk Island.
  10. A territory of Australia, including the island; in full, Norfolk Island.
  11. A language spoken on Norfolk Island.
  12. (historical) Former name of Santa Cruz: an island of Galapagos, Ecuador.

Coordinates

Suffolk · named as a pair with Norfolk

Deriveds

Norfolk Black · Norfolk rotation · Norfolk pine · Duke of Norfolk's Island · Norfolk Terrier · Norfolkian · King's Lynn and West Norfolk · Norfolk County · Norfolk Howard · North Norfolk · Norfolk suit · Norfolk spot · Norfolk crop rotation · Norfolk Trotter · New Norfolk · South Norfolk · Norfolk Island · Norfolk Treherne

Descendants

norfolkensis

Relateds

Suffolk · Norfolcian

Synonyms

Norfuk

Translations (7)

ru Но́рфолк (county in England) · mr नॉरफोल्क (county in England) · mr नॉरफक (county in England) · cmn 诺福克郡 (county in England) · enm Northfolk (county in England) · ka ნორფოლკი (county in England) · hy Նորֆոլկ (county in England)

wikipedia: Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk · wikipedia: Edward Howard, 9th Duke of Norfolk · wikipedia: Norfolk · wikidata: Q23109 · wikipedia: William Ambrosia Cowley · wikipedia: Mary Howard, Duchess of Norfolk · wikipedia: James Cook · wikipedia: Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk