Norfolk

English

Etymology

From Middle English Northfolk, from Old English Norþfolc (literally “northern people”), from norþ (“north, northern”) + folc (“folk, people, race, nation”). 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.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔː(ɹ).fək/, /ˈnɔː(ɹ).foʊlk/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔː(ɹ).fək/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Norfolk

1. A maritime county of eastern England bordered by Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Suffolk, and the North Sea.

   Holonym: East Anglia

   Comeronym: Suffolk

2. An English dukedom.
3. A surname.
4. A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.
5. An independent city in Virginia, United States; the largest naval base in the world, situated there.
6. Short for Norfolk County, a county of Massachusetts, United States.
7. (historical) Short for Norfolk County, a former county of Virginia, United States.
8. Short for Norfolk Island, an island in Australia.
9. Short for Norfolk Island, a territory of Australia including the island.
10. A language spoken on Norfolk Island.

    Synonym: Norfuk

11. (historical) Former name of Santa Cruz, an island in Galapagos, Ecuador.

Coordinate terms

• Suffolk, named as a pair with Norfolk

Derived terms

• Duke of Norfolk's Island
• King's Lynn and West Norfolk
• New Norfolk
• Norfolk County
• Norfolk crop rotation
• Norfolk Howard
• Norfolk Island
• Norfolk pine
• Norfolk rotation
• Norfolk Terrier
• Norfolk Trotter
• North Norfolk
• South Norfolk

 

Related terms

• Norfolcian

Translations

county in England

• Armenian: Նորֆոլկ (Norfolk)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 诺福克郡 (Nuòfúkèjùn)

• Marathi: नॉरफोल्क (nŏrpholka), नॉरफक (nŏrphak)
• Middle English: Northfolk
• Russian: Но́рфолк (ru) (Nórfolk)

Noun

Norfolk (plural Norfolks)

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

See also

• Category:Norfolk English

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Norfolk, pih ⁠

Middle English

Proper noun

Norfolk

1. Alternative form of Northfolk

Polish

Norfolk (#3)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔr.fɔlk/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔrfɔlk
• Syllabification: Nor‧folk

Proper noun

Norfolk m

1. Norfolk (a county of eastern England)
2. Norfolk (a town in Virginia)
3. Norfolk Island

Declension

Declension of Norfolk

	singular
nominative	Norfolk
genitive	Norfolku
dative	Norfolkowi
accusative	Norfolk
instrumental	Norfolkiem
locative	Norfolku
vocative	Norfolku

Further reading

• Norfolk in Polish dictionaries at PWN