norfolk
/ˈnɔː(ɹ).fək/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.84 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A maritime county of eastern England bordered by Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Suffolk, and the North Sea.
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An English dukedom.
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A surname.
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A place in the United States, including:
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A place in the United States, including:
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A place in the United States, including:
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Ellipsis of Norfolk County: a county of Massachusetts.
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Ellipsis of Norfolk County: a former county of Virginia, United States.
Example Sentences
- "Holonyms: East Anglia < East of England < England < Great Britain, Britain < United Kingdom, UK < Earth, World"
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Northfolk, Norþfolc
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈnɔː(ɹ).fək/
- British English: /ˈnɔː(ɹ).fək/