Jersey

See also jersey

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)zi

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman Gersui, from Old Norse, compound of Geirs (“Geirr's”) and ey (“island”).

Proper noun

Jersey

1. The largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel between France and England.
2. A breed of dairy cattle from Jersey.
3. (US, informal) New Jersey.

Derived terms

• Jerseyite
• Jerseyman
• New Jersey

Translations

island

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新泽西 (cmn) (Xīnzéxi)

• Cornish: Jersenys (kw) f
• French: Jersey (fr)
• Irish: Geirsí (ga) f
• Italian: Jersey (it) f

• Jèrriais: Jèrri
• Macedonian: Џерси (mk) (Džérsi) n
• Old French: Gersui
• Russian: Джерси (ru) (Džérsi)
• Welsh: Jersey (cy) f

cattle

• French: vache jersaise f, vache de Jersey f
• Irish: geirseog (ga) f
• Italian: vacca di razza Jersey f, mucca di razza Jersey f

• Jèrriais: vaque Jèrriaise f
• Spanish: ganado de raza Jersey

New Jersey

• French: New Jersey
• Macedonian: Њу Џерси (mk) (Nju Džérsi) n

• Russian: Нью-Джерси (ru) (N’ju-Džérsi)

Related terms

• Jèrriais

See also

• Alderney
• Guernsey
• Wikipedia article on Jersey, the island
• Wikipedia article on Jersey cattle
• Sark

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French

Proper noun

Jersey

1. Jersey (island)

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Italian

Proper noun

Jersey

1. Jersey (island)
2. The letter J in the Italian phonetic alphabet

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Jersey

1. Jersey (island)