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NORMANDY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Normandy mean?

• NORMANDY (noun)
The noun NORMANDY has 1 sense:

1. a former province of northwestern France on the English channel; divided into Haute-Normandie and Basse-Normandie

Familiarity information: NORMANDY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• NORMANDY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A former province of northwestern France on the English channel; divided into Haute-Normandie and Basse-Normandie

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Normandie; Normandy

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Meronyms (parts of "Normandy"):

Basse-Normandie; Lower-Normandy; Haute-Normandie; Upper-Normandy (a division of Normandy)

Meronyms (members of "Normandy"):

Norman (an inhabitant of Normandy)

Holonyms ("Normandy" is a part of...):

France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)

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NORMANDY: related words searches

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