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Norfolk

name
/ˈnɔː(ɹ).fək/US/ˈnɔː(ɹ).fək/UK

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.

  1. derived from Norþfolc
  2. inherited from Northfolk

Definitions

  1. A maritime county of eastern England bordered by Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Suffolk,…

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

    • Holonyms: East Anglia < East of England < England < Great Britain, Britain < United Kingdom, UK < Earth, World
    • The shoreline – a mass of seals and their white pups – is one of Britain’s greatest wildlife success stories: a grey seal colony on the east Norfolk coast.

  2. An English dukedom.

  3. A surname.

  4. ›+ 9 more definitions

    1. A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.

    2. An independent city in Virginia, United States

      An independent city in Virginia, United States; the largest naval base in the world is situated there.

      • Resendiz was last seen on May 29 in her barracks in Miller Hall at Naval Station Norfolk, according to a missing person’s alert issued by Virginia State Police on June 3.

    3. Ellipsis of Norfolk County

      Ellipsis of Norfolk County: a county of Massachusetts, United States.

    4. An island of Australia

      An island of Australia; in full, Norfolk Island.

    5. A territory of Australia, including the island

      A territory of Australia, including the island; in full, Norfolk Island.

    6. A language spoken on Norfolk Island.

    7. Former name of Santa Cruz

      Former name of Santa Cruz: an island of Galapagos, Ecuador.

    8. A Norfolk jacket.

    9. A Norfolk spaniel.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at Norfolk. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01norfolk02lincolnshire03northamptonshire04bedfordshire05cambridgeshire

A definitional loop anchored at norfolk. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at norfolk

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA