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Norma
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norma Norma normá normā normą Normą
English
Pronunciation
en ɔː(ɹ)mə 2
Etymology 1
Coined name of an imaginary Celtic priestess in Bellini's opera Norma (1831). Sometimes explained as en la norma pattern, model, or as a feminine form of en Norman.
Proper noun
en female coinages.
en 1966 w:Agatha Christie Third Girl 6 I wish I could remember that girl's Christian name. Something connected with a song...Thora? Speak to me, Thora, Thora, Thora. Something like that, or Myra? Myra, oh Myra my love is all for thee... Norma? Or do I mean Maritana? Norma - Norma Restarick. That's right, I'm sure.
Usage notes
Popular in the U.S.A. in the 1930s.
Etymology 2
+ (constellation)
Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From en la norma a carpenter's square.
Proper noun
en constellation An inconspicuous constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a carpenter's square. It lies south of the constellations Scorpius and Centaurus.
Derived terms
en Normae
Translations
constellation
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 矩尺座 Jǔchǐzuò
Dutch: nl Winkelhaak m
Esperanto: eo Ortilo
Finnish: fi Kulmaviivoitin
French: fr Règle f
Galician: gl Escuadro
German: de Winkelmaß n
Indonesian: id Norma
Irish: ga Riail f an Riail
Kazakh: kk Бұрыштық
Latin: la Norma f
Malay: ms Sesiku
Polish: pl Węgielnica f
Russian: ru Науго́льник m
Spanish: es Norma
Swedish: sv Vinkelhaken
Anagrams
en amnor Armon Manor Maron Moran Narom Nor Am Nor-Am NorAm Roman manor moran morna roman
Cebuano
Etymology
ceb :bor es:Norma + 1
Proper noun
ceb proper noun
ceb female Spanish
Quotations
ceb
Faroese
Proper noun
fo proper noun f
fo female
Usage notes
f Normuson Normudóttir
Declension
Norma Normu Normu Normu
Indonesian
id:
Etymology
id
Pronunciation
id norma
Proper noun
id astronomy en Norma (constellation)
Further reading
Spanish
es:+ (nombre)
Etymology
From es norma rule, norm, itself from es la nōrma, of the same meaning.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
es female
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :bor es:Norma + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
+
tl female Spanish
Anagrams
tl amnor Ramon