Normandy

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/ˈnɔː(ɹ)məndi/

proper noun

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.

OriginMiddle English Normandie ← Old English Normandiġ ← Old French Normendie →
Less commonScrabble 14
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Meanings

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 number of other places:
    1. A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9251).
    2. A small settlement on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SV9211)
    3. An unincorporated community in Bureau County, Illinois, named after the Norman family.
    4. A city in Saint Louis County, Missouri.
    5. A neighbourhood in north-east Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
    6. A town in Bedford County, Tennessee.
    7. A census-designated place in Maverick County, Texas.
  3. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Duchy of Normandy.
  4. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis 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."

    1945, C.E. Lucas Phillips, quoting Lord Louis Mountbatten, The Greatest Raid of All, London: Heineman, published 1958, page 13

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
duchy of normandy

Origin

  1. Germanic
  2. Old FrenchNormendie
  3. Old EnglishNormandiġ
  4. Middle EnglishNormandie
  5. EnglishNormandy

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.

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Translations

Afrikaans Normandië
  • Normandiëregion of France
Arabic نُورْمَانْدِي
  • نُورْمَانْدِي (nurmandī)region of France
Basque Normandia
  • Normandiaregion of France
Bulgarian Норма́ндия
  • Норма́ндия (Normándija)region of France
Catalan Normandia
  • Normandiaregion of France
Chinese Cantonese 諾曼第 /诺曼第
  • 諾曼第 /诺曼第 (nok⁶ maan⁶ dai⁶)region of France
Chinese Mandarin 諾曼底 /诺曼底, 諾曼第 /诺曼第
  • 諾曼底 /诺曼底 (Nuòmàndǐ)region of France
  • 諾曼第 /诺曼第 (Nuòmàndì)region of France
Czech Normandie
  • Normandieregion of France
Danish Normandiet
  • Normandietregion of France
Dutch Normandië
  • Normandiëregion of France
Esperanto Normandio
  • Normandioregion of France
Estonian Normandia
  • Normandiaregion of France
Finnish Normandia
  • Normandiaregion of France
French Normandie
  • Normandieregion of France
German Normandie
  • Normandieregion of France
Greek Νορμανδία
  • Νορμανδία (Normandía)region of France
Hebrew נורמנדי
  • נורמנדי (normandi)region of France
Hungarian Normandia
  • Normandiaregion of France
Icelandic Norðmandí, Normandí
  • Norðmandíregion of France
  • Normandíregion of France
Indonesian Normandia
  • Normandiaregion of France
Irish An Normainn
  • An Normainnregion of France
Italian Normandia
  • Normandiaregion of France
Japanese ノルマンディー
  • ノルマンディー (Norumandī)region of France
Korean 노르망디
  • 노르망디 (Noreumangdi)region of France
Latin Normannia
  • Normanniaregion of France
Latvian Normandija
  • Normandijaregion of France
Lithuanian Normandija
  • Normandijaregion of France
Malay Normandie
  • Normandieregion of France
Norwegian Bokmål Normandie
  • Normandieregion of France
Polish Normandia
  • Normandiaregion of France
Portuguese Normandia
  • Normandiaregion of France
Romanian Normandia
  • Normandiaregion of France
Russian Норма́ндия
  • Норма́ндия (Normándija)region of France
Slovak Normandia
  • Normandiaregion of France
Spanish Normandía
  • Normandíaregion of France
Swedish Normandie, Normandiet
  • Normandieregion of France
  • Normandietregion of France
Thai นอร์ม็องดี
  • นอร์ม็องดี (nɔɔr-mɔng-dii)region of France
Turkish Normandiya
  • Normandiyaregion of France
Ukrainian Нормандія
  • Нормандія (Normandija)region of France
Vietnamese Normandie
  • Normandieregion of France
Welsh Normandi
  • Normandiregion of France
Yiddish נאָרמאַנדי
  • נאָרמאַנדי (normandi)region of France

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Normandy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Normandy

MLA

“Normandy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Normandy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Normandy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Normandy.

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