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Norfolk has 3 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

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Noun
1

port city located in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth River at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay; headquarters of the Atlantic fleet of the United States Navy

"Norfolk serves as a major naval hub where the Atlantic fleet maintains its headquarters."

2

A Norfolk jacket.

"He slipped on his navy Norfolk jacket to walk through the garden."

Proper Noun
1

A maritime county of eastern England bordered by Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Suffolk and the North Sea.

"The historic county of Norfolk lies on the east coast of England, stretching between Cambridgeshire to the west and the North Sea to the east."

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Origin

From Middle English Northfolk, from Old English Norþfolc (literally "northern people"), from norþ ("north, northern") + folc ("folk, people, race, nation"). 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.

Rhyming Words
folk holk kolk molk polk volk yolk bolk deyolk adfolk eggyolk ratfolk merfolk neofolk kinfolk finfolk menfolk suffolk seafolk asafolk
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