Normandy en · PROPN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈnɔː(ɹ)məndi/
Etymology
From Middle English Normandie, Normandye, from Old English Normandiġ, from Old French Normendie, from normant + -ie. Compare Old Norse Norðmanndi (“Normandy”). Normant refers to the Germanic words for 'north' and 'man', as the original Normans were of Scandinavian origin. More at Norman.
Meanings
- An administrative region, historical province, and medieval kingdom in northwest France, on the English Channel. The modern region was created in 2016 with the merger of Upper Normandy and Lower Normandy.
- A number of other places: ▸ A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9251).
- A number of other places: ▸ A small settlement on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SV9211)
- A number of other places: ▸ In the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Bureau County, Illinois, named after the Norman family.
- A number of other places: ▸ In the United States: ▸ A city in Saint Louis County, Missouri.
- A number of other places: ▸ In the United States: ▸ A neighbourhood in north-east Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- A number of other places: ▸ In the United States: ▸ A town in Bedford County, Tennessee.
- A number of other places: ▸ In the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Maverick County, Texas.
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(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Duchy of Normandy.
alt of Duchy of Normandy
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(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Normandy Landings; D-Day.
alt of Normandy Landings
"Having been associated with practically all combined operations, from two-man raids to the planning for Normandy, I have no hesitation in saying that the finest and most profitable of the lot was your raid on St. Nazaire."
1945, C.E. Lucas Phillips, quoting Lord Louis Mountbatten, The Greatest Raid of All, London: Heineman, published 1958, page 13:
Deriveds
Normandize · Normandy sauce · Normandy bank
Translations (81)
pl Normandia (region of France) · is Normandí (region of France) · sq Normandia (region of France) · lv Normandija (region of France) · rup Nurmãndie (region of France) · oc Normandia (region of France) · sco Normandy (region of France) · ms Normandie (region of France) · az Normandiya (region of France) · sv Normandiet (region of France) · cy Normandi (region of France) · et Normandia (region of France) · sk Normandia (region of France) · pt Normandia (region of France) · fro Normandie (region of France) · he נורמנדי (region of France) · be Нармандыя (region of France) · la Normannia (region of France) · sl Normandíja (region of France) · rup Nurmandia (region of France) · fro Normendie (region of France) · el Νορμανδία (region of France) · fy Normandje (region of France) · yi נאָרמאַנדי (region of France) · mr नॉर्मंडी (region of France) · tr Normandiya (region of France) · nrf Nouormandie (region of France) · gl Normandía (region of France) · vi Normandie (region of France) · nn Normandie (region of France) · it Normandia (region of France) · fi Normandia (region of France) · id Normandia (region of France) · nrf Normaundie (region of France) · non Norðmandí (region of France) · rup Nurmãndia (region of France) · sv Normandie (region of France) · cs Normandie (region of France) · br Normandi (region of France) · mk Нормандија (region of France) · cmn 諾曼底 /诺曼底 (region of France) · rup Nurmandii (region of France) · cmn 諾曼第 /诺曼第 (region of France) · eo Normandio (region of France) · ca Normandia (region of France) · yue 諾曼第 /诺曼第 (region of France) · uk Нормандія (region of France) · hy Նորմանդիա (region of France) · ht Nòmandi (region of France) · ga An Normainn (region of France) · de Normandie (region of France) · pro Normandia (region of France) · nl Normandië (region of France) · bg Норма́ндия (region of France) · th นอร์ม็องดี (region of France) · ang Normandiġ (region of France) · ro Normandia (region of France) · fa-ira نُرْمانْدی (region of France) · fo Norðmandíið (region of France) · rup Nurmãndii (region of France) · is Norðmandí (region of France) · af Normandië (region of France) · fr Normandie (region of France) · lt Normandija (region of France) · ar نُورْمَانْدِي (region of France) · es Normandía (region of France) · sh Normandija (region of France) · frm Normendie (region of France) · ja ノルマンディー (region of France) · eu Normandia (region of France) · da Normandiet (region of France) · sh Нормандија (region of France) · sq Normandi (region of France) · ru Норма́ндия (region of France) · nrf Nouormaundie (region of France) · ast Normandía (region of France) · ka ნორმანდია (region of France) · ko 노르망디 (region of France) · nb Normandie (region of France) · rup Nurmandie (region of France) · hu Normandia (region of France)