Normandy

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Etymology

Old French Normendie, from normant + -ie. Normant refers to the Germanic words for 'north' and 'man', as the original normans were of Scandinavian origin. More at Norman.

Proper noun

Normandy

1. Historical region and former province of Northwest France on the English Channel, divided into the regions Haute-Normandie and Basse-Normandie. Its beaches were the site of Allied landings on D-Day (June 6, 1944).

Translations

region of France

• Bulgarian: Нормандия (bg) (Normándija) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 諾曼底 (cmn), 诺曼底 (cmn) (Nuòmàndǐ)

• Danish: Normandiet (da)
• Dutch: normandie (nl)
• Faroese: Norðmandíið (fo) n
• Finnish: Normandia (fi)
• French: Normandie (fr) f

  Middle French: Normendie

  Old French: Normandie

• German: Normandie (de) f
• Greek: Νορμανδία (el) (Normandía) f

• Italian: Normandia (it) f
• Japanese: ノルマンディー (ja) (Norumandī)
• Jèrriais: Nouormandie f
• Marathi: नॉर्मंडी (mr) (nǒrmaṃḍī)
• Old Norse: Norðmandí n
• Old Provençal: Normandia
• Polish: Normandia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Normandia (pt) f
• Russian: Нормандия (ru) (Normándija) f
• Spanish: Normandía (es) f
• Swedish: Normandie (sv) n, Normandiet (sv) n

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