Normandy

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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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔː(ɹ)məndi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Normandy

2. 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.
3. A number of other places:
   1. A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9251).
   2. A small settlement on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SV9211)
   3. In the United States:
      1. An unincorporated community in Bureau County, Illinois, named after the Norman family.
      2. A city in Saint Louis County, Missouri.
      3. A neighbourhood in north-east Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
      4. A town in Bedford County, Tennessee.
      5. A census-designated place in Maverick County, Texas.
4. Ellipsis of Duchy of Normandy.

Derived terms

• Normandy bank

Translations

region of France

Afrikaans: Normandië Albanian: Normandi f (indefinite), Normandia f (definite) Arabic: نُورْمَانْدِي f (nurmandī) Armenian: Նորմանդիա (Normandia) Aromanian: Nurmandii f, Nurmandie f, Nurmãndii f, Nurmãndie f (indefinite); Nurmandia f, Nurmãndia f (definite) Asturian: Normandía (ast) Azerbaijani: Normandiya Basque: Normandia Belarusian: Нармандыя f (Narmandyja) Breton: Normandi (br) Bulgarian: Норма́ндия f (Normándija) Catalan: Normandia f Chinese: Cantonese: 諾曼第 / 诺曼第 (nok6 maan6 dai6) Mandarin: 諾曼底 / 诺曼底 (zh) (Nuòmàndǐ), 諾曼第 / 诺曼第 (zh) (Nuòmàndì) Czech: Normandie (cs) f Danish: Normandiet Dutch: Normandië (nl) n Esperanto: Normandio Estonian: Normandia Faroese: Norðmandíið n Finnish: Normandia (fi) French: Normandie (fr) f Middle French: Normendie Old French: Normandie, Normendie Galician: Normandía (gl) f Georgian: ნორმანდია (normandia) German: Normandie (de) f Greek: Νορμανδία (el) f (Normandía) Haitian Creole: Nòmandi f Hebrew: נורמנדי f (normandi) Hungarian: Normandia (hu) Icelandic: Norðmandí n, Normandí n Indonesian: Normandia Irish: An Normainn f Italian: Normandia (it) f Japanese: ノルマンディー (Norumandī) Korean: 노르망디 (Noreumangdi) Latin: Normannia f Latvian: Normandija f Lithuanian: Normandija f Macedonian: Нормандија f (Normandija) Malay: Normandie Marathi: नॉर्मंडी (nŏrmaṇḍī) Norman: Nouormandie f, Nouormaundie f, Normaundie f Norwegian: Bokmål: Normandie Nynorsk: Normandie Occitan: Normandia f Old English: Normandiġ f Old Norse: Norðmandí n Old Occitan: Normandia Persian: Iranian Persian: نُرْمانْدی (normândi) Polish: Normandia (pl) f Portuguese: Normandia (pt) f Romanian: Normandia f Russian: Норма́ндия (ru) f (Normándija) Scots: Normandy Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Нормандија f Roman: Normandija (sh) f Slovak: Normandia f Slovene: Normandíja (sl) f Spanish: Normandía (es) f Swedish: Normandie n, Normandiet n Thai: นอร์ม็องดี (nɔɔr-mɔng-dii) Turkish: Normandiya (tr) Ukrainian: Нормандія f (Normandija) Vietnamese: Normandie Welsh: Normandi f West Frisian: Normandje n Yiddish: נאָרמאַנדי f (normandi)

Anagrams

• andronym, monandry

Middle English

Proper noun

Normandy

1. Alternative form of Normandie: Normandy (a historical province and medieval kingdom in northwest France)