Norfolk

English

A140 bridge over the River Waveney, the county boundary near Scole

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.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔː(ɹ).fək/, /ˈnɔː(ɹ).foʊlk/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔː(ɹ).fək/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Norfolk

2. 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

   Comeronym: Suffolk

   • 2024 December 26, Donna Ferguson, “‘Britain’s wildlife safari’: baby boom in Norfolk as seal colonies flourish”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     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.

3. An English dukedom.
4. A surname.
5. A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.
6. An independent city in Virginia, United States; the largest naval base in the world is situated there.
   • 2025 June 13, Rosa Flores, “Missing Navy sailor found dead in Virginia, another sailor in custody”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     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.

7. Ellipsis of Norfolk County: a county of Massachusetts, United States.
8. (historical) Ellipsis of Norfolk County: a former county of Virginia, United States.
9. An island of Australia; in full, Norfolk Island.
10. A territory of Australia, including the island; in full, Norfolk Island.
11. A language spoken on Norfolk Island.

    Synonym: Norfuk

12. (historical) Former name of Santa Cruz: an island of Galapagos, Ecuador.

Coordinate terms

• Suffolk, named as a pair with Norfolk

Derived terms

• Duke of Norfolk's Island
• King's Lynn and West Norfolk
• New Norfolk
• Norfolk Black
• Norfolk County
• Norfolk crop rotation
• Norfolk Howard
• Norfolkian
• Norfolk Island
• Norfolk pine
• Norfolk rotation
• Norfolk Terrier
• Norfolk Treherne
• Norfolk Trotter
• North Norfolk
• South Norfolk

Related terms

• Norfolcian

Descendants

• ⇒ Translingual: norfolkensis

Translations

county in England

• Armenian: Նորֆոլկ (Norfolk)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 诺福克郡 (Nuòfúkèjùn)

• Georgian: ნორფოლკი (norpolḳi)
• Marathi: नॉरफोल्क (nŏrpholka), नॉरफक (nŏrphak)
• Middle English: Northfolk
• Russian: Но́рфолк (ru) (Nórfolk)

Noun

Norfolk (plural Norfolks)

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

See also

• Category:Norfolk English

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Norfolk, pih ⁠

Middle English

Proper noun

Norfolk

1. alternative form of Northfolk

Polish

Norfolk (#3)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔr.fɔlk/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔrfɔlk
• Syllabification: Nor‧folk

Proper noun

Norfolk m

1. Norfolk (a county of eastern England)
2. Norfolk (a town in Virginia)
3. Norfolk Island (an external territory consisting of three islands of Australia in the Pacific Ocean, the main island of which is also named Norfolk Island)

Declension

Declension of Norfolk

	singular
nominative	Norfolk
genitive	Norfolku
dative	Norfolkowi
accusative	Norfolk
instrumental	Norfolkiem
locative	Norfolku
vocative	Norfolku

Further reading

• Norfolk in Polish dictionaries at PWN