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語源

From 中期英語 Normandie, Normandye, from 古期英語 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.

発音

• IPA: /ˈnɔː(ɹ)məndi/

固有名詞

Normandy

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. In the United States:
      1. An unincorporated community in Bureau County, Illinois, named after the Norman family.
      2. A city in Saint Louis County, Missouri.
      3. A neighbourhood in north-east Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
      4. A town in Bedford County, Tennessee.
      5. A census-designated place in Maverick County, Texas.
3. Ellipsis of Duchy of Normandy.
4. Ellipsis of Normandy Landings; D-Day.
   • 1945, C.E. Lucas Phillips, quoting Lord Louis Mountbatten, The Greatest Raid of All, London: Heineman, published 1958, page 13:

     "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."

派生語

アナグラム

• andronym, monandry