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Normandy

  • /ˈnɔː(ɹ)məndi/

Where it comes from

From Middle English Normandie, Normandye, from Old English Normandiġ, from Old French Normendie, from normant + -ie. Compare Old Norse Norðmanndi (“Normandy”). Normant refers to the Germanic words for 'north' and 'man', as the original Normans were of Scandinavian origin. More at Norman.

proper noun

  1. An administrative region, historical province, and medieval kingdom in northwest France, on the English Channel. The modern region was created in 2016 with the merger of Upper Normandy and Lower Normandy.
  2. A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9251).
  3. A small settlement on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SV9211)
  4. An unincorporated community in Bureau County, Illinois, named after the Norman family.
  5. A city in Saint Louis County, Missouri.
  6. A neighbourhood in north-east Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  7. A town in Bedford County, Tennessee.
  8. A census-designated place in Maverick County, Texas.
  9. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of Duchy of Normandy
  10. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of Normandy Landings; D-Day. "Having been associated with practically all combined operations, from two-man raids to the planning for Normandy, I have no hesitation in saying that the finest and most profitable of the lot was your raid on St. Nazaire."

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: normandie, bocage, beachhead, landing, invasion, disembarkation, beachheads, normand, manche, cotentin, haute-normandie, basse-normandie, calvados, bray, orne, eure

Translations

Every language

name region of France

EspañolNormandía
한국어노르망디 Noreumangdi
日本語ノルマンディー Norumandī
中文諾曼底 /诺曼底 Nuòmàndǐ, 諾曼第 /诺曼第 Nuòmàndì
PortuguêsNormandia
FrançaisNormandie
DeutschNormandie
ItalianoNormandia
ΕλληνικάΝορμανδία Normandía
RomânăNormandia
РусскийНорма́ндия Normándija
Tiếng ViệtNormandie
العربيةنُورْمَانْدِي nurmandī
עבריתנורמנדי normandi

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"Normandy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/normandy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Normandy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/normandy

Chicago

"Normandy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/normandy.

BibTeX
@misc{normandy_2026,
  title = {Normandy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/normandy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}