Norfolk

English

Etymology

From Middle English Northfolk, from Old English Norþfolc (literally “northern people”), from norþ (“north(-); northern”) + folc (“folk, people, race; nation”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔː(ɹ).fək/

• Audio (UK)

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Proper noun

Norfolk

1. A maritime county of eastern England bordered by Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Suffolk and the North Sea.
2. A language of Norfolk Island.

   Synonym: Norfuk

3. An independent city in Virginia, or the naval base (the world's largest) situated there.
4. A county of Massachusetts; see Norfolk County.
5. An English dukedom.
6. A surname.

Derived terms

• King's Lynn and West Norfolk
• Norfolk County
• Norfolk Howard
• Norfolk Island
• Norfolk pine
• North Norfolk
• South Norfolk

 

Related terms

• Norfolcian

Translations

county in England

• Armenian: Նորֆոլկ (Norfolk)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 诺福克郡 (Nuòfúkèjùn)

• 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

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Middle English

Proper noun

Norfolk

1. Alternative form of Northfolk

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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

Declension

Declension of Norfolk

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

Further reading

• Norfolk in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Norfolk in Polish dictionaries at PWN