Meanings
- 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
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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.
2024 December 26, Donna Ferguson, “‘Britain’s wildlife safari’: baby boom in Norfolk as seal colonies flourish”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 09 Jan 2025 - A surname.
- A place in the United States, including:
- A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
- A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
- A town, hamlet, and census-designated place in St. Lawrence County, New York.
- An independent city in Virginia; the largest naval base in the world is situated there.
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.
2025 June 13, Rosa Flores, “Missing Navy sailor found dead in Virginia, another sailor in custody”, in CNN, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2025
- abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Norfolk County: a county of Massachusetts.
- abbreviationellipsishistoricalEllipsis of Norfolk County: a former county of Virginia, United States.
- An island of Australia; in full, Norfolk Island.
- A territory of Australia, including the island; in full, Norfolk Island.
- A language spoken on Norfolk Island.
Synonyms: Norfuk
- historicalFormer name of Santa Cruz: an island of Galapagos, Ecuador.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA language spoken on Norfolk Island.
Origin
- Old EnglishNorþfolc
- Middle EnglishNorthfolk
- EnglishNorfolk
From Middle English Northfolk, from Old English Norþfolc (literally “northern people”), from norþ (“north, northern”) + folc (“folk, people, race, nation”), equivalent to north + folk. 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.
More words from Middle English, Old English
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Chinese Mandarin 诺福克郡
- 诺福克郡 (Nuòfúkèjùn)county in England
Russian Но́рфолк
- Но́рфолк (Nórfolk)county in England
Cite this entry
Norfolk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Norfolk
“Norfolk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Norfolk. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Norfolk,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Norfolk.
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