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norfolk
/ˈnɔː(ɹ).fək/
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What does norfolk mean?
noun
- A Norfolk jacket.
- A Norfolk spaniel.
proper noun
- A maritime county of eastern England bordered by Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Suffolk, and the North Sea.
More meanings (11)
proper noun
- An English dukedom.
- A surname.
- A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
- A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
- An independent city in Virginia; the largest naval base in the world is situated there.
- Ellipsis of Norfolk County: a county of Massachusetts.
- An island of Australia; in full, Norfolk Island.
- A territory of Australia, including the island; in full, Norfolk Island.
- A language spoken on Norfolk Island.
- (historical) Ellipsis of Norfolk County: a former county of Virginia, United States.
- (historical) Former name of Santa Cruz: an island of Galapagos, Ecuador.
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IPA pronunciation
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For her approbation, the particular reason of his going into Norfolk at all, at this unusual time of year, was given.
My father had one of them, but larger, and with more emblems, which the Duke of Norfolk bought at my brother's sale.
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These "tribes" seem to have come principally from Norfolk and Lincolnshire, as is shown by the names of the principal island families.
We had not long to wait, for our Norfolk squire came straight from the station as fast as a hansom could bring him.
Mrs. Strickland was taking her family to the coast of Norfolk, so that the children might have the sea and her husband golf.