Norma

See also norma, and normā

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)mə

Etymology 1

Coined name of an imaginary Celtic priestess in Bellini's opera Norma (1831). Sometimes explained as Latin norma (“pattern, model”), or as a feminine form of Norman

Proper noun

Norma

1. A female given name.
   • 1966 Agatha Christie, Third Girl, page 6:

     I wish I could remember that girl's Christian name. Something connected with a song...Thora? Speak to me, Thora, Thora, Thora. Something like that, or Myra? Myra, oh Myra my love is all for thee... Norma? Or do I mean Maritana? Norma - Norma Restarick. That's right, I'm sure.

Usage notes

• Popular in the U.S.A. in the 1930s.

Etymology 2

Wikipedia

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin norma (“a carpenter's square”).

Proper noun

Norma

1. (astronomy) An inconspicuous constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a carpenter's square. It lies south of the constellations Scorpius and Centaurus.

Derived terms

• Normae

Translations

constellation

• French: Règle f
• German: Winkelmaß n

• Malay: Sesiku (ms)
• Russian: Наугольник
• Spanish: Norma (es)

Anagrams

• manor
• moran, Moran
• morna
• roman, Roman