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Notre Dame
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Nôtre Dame Notre-Dame
English
Etymology
From en fr Notre Dame (Our Lady 1, a title of Mary, mother of Jesus; now hyphenated as fr Notre-Dame). The university was named by its founder, the French-born Catholic priest Edward Sorin. The place was named after the university.
Pronunciation
cathedral
en /ˌnoʊ.tɹə ˈdɑːm/ US
en /ˌnɒ.tɹə ˈdɑːm/ /ˌnɒ.tɹə ˈdæm/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Notre Dame.wav Southern England
en /ˌnɔ.tɹə ˈdäːm/ Aus
en ɑːm 3
university place
en /ˌnoʊ.tɚ ˈdeɪm/ 1 US
en /ˌnɒ.tɹə ˈdeɪm/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Notre Dame2.wav Southern England
en eɪm 3
en No tre Dame
Proper noun
thumb|South façade and the nave of Notre Dame (sense 1) in 2017
1
Notre-Dame de Paris.
en Notre-Dame Nôtre Dame<l:uncommon>
en w:University of Notre Dame.
en CDP s/Indiana.
4 January 1966 John Cogley Cases of 13 'Silenced Priests' Described by Catholic Weekly https://www.nytimes.com/1966/01/04/archives/cases-of-13-silenced-priests-described-by-catholic-weekly.html The Roman Catholic weekly Ave Maria, published by the Holy Cross Fathers of Notre Dame, Indiana, has just released a special issue with case histories on “the ‘silenced’ priests”—13 American Catholic clergymen who have been reassigned, disciplined or otherwise restricted in their public activities since June, 1964.
2 January 2003 Paid Notice: Deaths BROUSSARD, SR. RITA ESTELLE, CSC, https://web.archive.org/web/20150527223517/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/02/classified/paid-notice-deaths-broussard-sr-rita-estelle-csc.html Died on Wed., January 1 at Saint Mary's Convent, Notre Dame, Indiana.
12 January 2025 Edward Helmore Kristin Crowley: LA fire chief publicly criticizing the city’s budget cuts https://web.archive.org/web/20250112214540/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/12/who-is-kristin-crowley-la-fire-chief A high school and college athlete, she studied biology at Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana, with plans to become an orthopedic surgeon.
Related terms
en Notre Dame Bay
en School Sister of Notre Dame
Translations
French cathedral
Arabic: ar نوتر دام
Bulgarian: bg Пари́жката Света́ Богоро́дица f, bg Но́търдам m, bg Но́търдам дьо Пари́ m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 巴黎聖母院 Bālí Shèngmǔyuàn
French: fr Notre-Dame f, fr Notre-Dame de Paris f
Georgian: ka პარიზის ღვთისმშობლის ტაძარი, ka ნოტრ-დამი
German: de Notre-Dame f, de Notre-Dame de Paris f
Italian: it Notre-Dame f, it Nostra Signora f
Japanese: ja ノートルダム Nōtorudamu, ja ノートルダム大聖堂 ノートルダムだいせいどう, Nōtorudamu daiseidō
Korean: ko ^노트르담, ko ^노트르담 대성당
Portuguese: pt Notre-Dame f
Russian: ru Собо́р Пари́жской Богома́тери m, ru Нотр-Да́м m, ru Нотр-Да́м де Пари́ m Notr-Dám dɛ Parí
census-designated place in Indiana
French: fr Notre Dame f
Anagrams
en adeemnort adorement emendator medronate
en eponyms
en Buildings Christianity Paris Universities
French
fr:
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
See en Notre-Dame.
Proper noun
f Notre Dame
fr Notre-Dame
Derived terms
fr N. D.
fr Notre Dame de Noylhiac
Etymology 2
From fr en Notre Dame, named after the University of Notre Dame, itself named from fr fr - by its founder, the French-born Catholic priest Edward Sorin.
Proper noun
f Notre Dame
fr CDP s/Indiana Notre Dame
Anagrams
fr démontera
fr eponyms