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norfolk

/ˈnɔː(ɹ).fək/

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What does norfolk mean?

noun

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

proper noun

  1. A maritime county of eastern England bordered by Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Suffolk, and the North Sea.
More meanings (11)

proper noun

  1. An English dukedom.
  2. A surname.
  3. A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
  4. A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
  5. An independent city in Virginia; the largest naval base in the world is situated there.
  6. Ellipsis of Norfolk County: a county of Massachusetts.
  7. An island of Australia; in full, Norfolk Island.
  8. A territory of Australia, including the island; in full, Norfolk Island.
  9. A language spoken on Norfolk Island.
  10. (historical) Ellipsis of Norfolk County: a former county of Virginia, United States.
  11. (historical) Former name of Santa Cruz: an island of Galapagos, Ecuador.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈnɔː(ɹ).fək/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈnɔː(ɹ).foʊk/
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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.
Jane AustenMansfield ParkProject Gutenberg ebook #141
My father had one of them, but larger, and with more emblems, which the Duke of Norfolk bought at my brother's sale.
Horace WalpoleThe Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2Project Gutenberg ebook #4610
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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.
Frederic, Lord HamiltonHere, There and EverywhereProject Gutenberg ebook #6368
We had not long to wait, for our Norfolk squire came straight from the station as fast as a hansom could bring him.
Arthur Conan DoyleThe Return of Sherlock HolmesProject Gutenberg ebook #108
Mrs. Strickland was taking her family to the coast of Norfolk, so that the children might have the sea and her husband golf.
W. Somerset (William Somerset) MaughamThe Moon and SixpenceProject Gutenberg ebook #222