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Guernsey
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guernsey
English
Etymology
From en xno -, from en non -, compound of non Grani Grani's and non ey island. Folk etymology points to a dialectal root for green.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɡɜːnzi/ RP,AU
en En-Guernsey.ogg UK
en EN-AU ck1 Guernsey.ogg AU
en /ˈɡɝnzi/ US
en /ˈɡɛrnze/ /ˈɡɛrnzɪ/ /ˈɡɛrnzi/ Scotland
en /ˈɡøːnzi/ NZ
en /ˈɡeːnzi/ Scouse,square-nurse
en /ˈɡɛːnzi/ Humberside,Teesside,square-nurse
Proper noun
en Q3311985 en An <<island>>, the second-largest of the <<group of islands/Channel Islands>>.
en Q25230 The Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British crown dependency on the island of Guernsey.
en unincorporated community s/California.
en city s/Iowa.
en hamlet p/Saskatchewan c/Canada.
en town s/Wyoming.
Derived terms
en Bailiwick of Guernsey Guernsey County Guernsey elm Guernseyman Guernseywoman
Translations
island
Arabic: ar غِيرنْزِيّ
Asturian: ast Guernsey
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 根西島 Gēnxī-dǎo
Cornish: kw Gwernenys f
Czech: cs Guernsey
Dutch: nl Guernsey
Esperanto: eo Guernsey
Estonian: et Guernsey
Finnish: fi Guernsey
French: fr Guernesey
German: de Guernsey
Greek: el Γκέρνσεϊ n
Hebrew: he גרנסי Gernsi
Hungarian: hu Guernsey
Icelandic: is Guernsey
Indonesian: id Guernsey
Irish: ga Geansaí f
Italian: it Guernsey f, it isola di Guernsey f
Japanese: ja ガーンジー島 Gānji-shimá
Latin: Classical Latin la Lisia, Middle Latin la Lesia, la Sarmia
Limburgish: li Guernsey
Macedonian: mk Ге́рнзи n
Maltese: mt Gernesi
Māori: mi Kōnuiihi
Norman: nrf Dgèrnésy m Jersey, nrf Guernési m Guernsey, nrf Gùernesey m continental Normandy
Norwegian: no Guernsey
Polish: pl Guernsey
Portuguese: pt Guernsey
Russian: ru Ге́рнси, ru о́стров Ге́рнси m
Scots: sco Gansey
Scottish Gaelic: gd Geàrnsaidh m
Slovak: sk Guernsey
Slovene: sl Guernsey
Spanish: es Guernesey f, es isla de Guernesey f
Swedish: sv Guernsey
Ukrainian: uk Ґе́рнсі m
Welsh: cy Guernsey f
Noun
en Q890780 A breed of dairy cattle originally bred on Guernsey; any individual of this breed.
en 2018 Kurlansky Mark Mark Kurlansky Chapter 1: The First Taste of Sweetness Milk!: A 10,000-Year Food Fracas Bloomsbury 9781632863843 Different milks have varying amounts of fats, proteins, and lactose, and arguments abound over the relative merits and possible harms of each. For many centuries, milk with a high fat content was considered to be the best, and low-fat or skimmed milk was considered fraudulent—in fact, selling it was often illegal. Cow breeds that produce milk with a high fat content, such as Ayrshires, Jerseys, and Guernseys, have always been valued, especially for cheesemaking.
A knitted fisherman’s sweater of a type made on the island.
A long-sleeved shirt worn by sportsmen, especially in rugby codes (historically).
en Australia A team-liveried shirt; a jersey.
en Australia Selection or election to a position.
Translations
cattle breed
Italian: it vacca di Guernsey f, it mucca di Guernsey f
Spanish: es ganado de Guernesey m
cattle breed specimen
sweater
long-sleeved shirt worn by sportsmen
team-liveried shirt
selection or election to a position
en Cattle Dairy farming Places in Guernsey
en terms derived from toponyms
Italian
it:
Etymology
it en Guernsey.
Pronunciation
Guèrn.sei Ghèrn.sei
Proper noun
en Guernsey island
it Islands
Norwegian Bokmål
no:
Proper noun
nb proper noun
en Guernsey an island in the Channel Islands
See also
nb Kanaløyene
nb Islands
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
Proper noun
nn proper noun
en Guernsey an island in the Channel Islands
See also
nn Kanaløyane
nn Islands
Portuguese
pt:
Etymology
pt :ubor en:Guernsey + 1 garnisé
Proper noun
f
pt island/and/dependency c/United Kingdom in sea/the English Channel Guernsey
pt Islands
Spanish
es:
Pronunciation
es LL-Q1321 (spa)-Millars-Guernsey.wav
Proper noun
en Guernsey
es Islands