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Norma en · PROPN · etymology 1

Etymology

Coined name of an imaginary Celtic priestess in Bellini's opera Norma (1831). Sometimes explained as Latin norma (“pattern, model”), or as a feminine form of Norman.

Meanings

  1. A female given name originating as a coinage.
    • I wish I could remember that girl's Christian name. Something connected with a song...Thora? Speak to me, Thora, Thora, Thora. Something like that, or Myra? Myra, oh Myra my love is all for thee... Norma? Or do I mean Maritana? Norma - Norma Restarick. That's right, I'm sure. 1966, Agatha Christie, Third Girl, page 6:

Norma en · PROPN · etymology 2

Etymology

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin norma (“a carpenter's square”).

Meanings

  1. An inconspicuous constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a carpenter's square. It lies south of the constellations Scorpius and Centaurus.

Deriveds

Normae

Translations (16)

eo Ortilo (constellation) · ms Sesiku (constellation) · kk Бұрыштық (constellation) · gl Escuadro (constellation) · de Winkelmaß (constellation) · ru Науго́льник (constellation) · nl Winkelhaak (constellation) · pl Węgielnica (constellation) · sv Vinkelhaken (constellation) · id Norma (constellation) · fi Kulmaviivoitin (constellation) · ga an Riail (constellation) · cmn 矩尺座 (constellation) · la Norma (constellation) · fr Règle (constellation) · es Norma (constellation)