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Norfolk Island
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English
Alternative forms
en Norfolk, en territory Territory en of Norfolk Island
Etymology
From the duchy of en Norfolk in England, q.v. 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 Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk Henry, the 7th duke; or both. As an Australian island and territory, bestowed by James Cook in 1774 in honor of Mary Howard, Duchess of Norfolk Mary Howard, wife of the Edward Howard, 9th Duke of Norfolk 9th duke.
Pronunciation
en /ˈnɔː.fək ˈaɪ.lənd/ UK
en /ˈnɔɹ.fɔk ˈaɪ.lənd/ US
en en-us-Norfolk Island.ogg US
Proper noun
Norfolk Island
en Q31057en An <<external territory>> consisting of three <<islands>> of <<c/Australia>> in the Pacific Ocean, the main island of which is also named Norfolk Island.
en 4 April 2025 Ottlie Mitchell Tiffanie Turnbull 'Nowhere's safe': How an island of penguins ended up on Trump tariff list BBC News A tariff of 29% was imposed on Norfolk Island, which is also an Australian territory and has a population of about 2,200 people. 4 September 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20250406222143/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly8xlj0485o
en historical en @former name of:Santa Cruz island p/Galapagos c/Ecuador.
Derived terms
en Norfolk Norfolk Islander Norfolk Island pine Norfolk Island star pine
Translations
external territory of Australia
Arabic: ar جَزِيرَة نُورْفُولْك f
Breton: br Enez Norfolk
Catalan: ca illa Norfolk f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 諾福克島 Nuòfúkè dǎo
Corsican: co Isula Norfolk f
Danish: da Norfolk-øen
Dutch: nl Norfolkeiland
Esperanto: eo Norfolkinsulo
Estonian: et Norfolk territory, et Norfolki saar island
Finnish: fi Norfolkinsaari
French: fr île Norfolk f
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Norfolkeilân c
German: de Norfolkinsel f
Greek: el Νήσος Νόρφολκ f, el Νήσος Νόρφοκ f
Hebrew: he איי נורפוק
Hungarian: hu Norfolk-sziget
Italian: it Isola Norfolk f
Japanese: ja ノーフォーク島 Nōfōku-tō
Korean: ko ^노퍽 섬
Macedonian: mk Норфолк m
Malay: ms Pulau Norfolk
Maltese: mt Gżira Norfolk il-Gżira Norfolk
Marathi: mr नॉरफक आयलंड, mr नॉरफक द्वीप
Norman: nrf Île dé Norfolk f
Occitan: oc illa Norfolk f
Pitcairn-Norfolk: pih Norfuk Ailen
Polish: pl Norfolk
Portuguese: pt ilha Norfolk f
Romanian: ro Insula Norfolk
Russian: ru Но́рфолк m, ru о́стров Но́рфолк m
Spanish: es isla Norfolk f
Swedish: sv Norfolkön
Turkish: tr Norfolk Adası
See also
:Appendix:Countries of the world
Norfolk Island in Wikipedia