Norfolk

Norfolk
geographical name 1. city NE Nebraska population 23,516 2. city & port SE Virginia on Elizabeth River S of Hampton Roads population 234,403 3. county E England bordering on North Sea capital Norwich area 2152 square miles (5574 square kilometers), population 736,400

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  • Norfolk — Geografie Status: Zeremonielle und Verwaltungsgrafschaft Region: East of England Fläche: 5.372 km² Verwalt …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Norfolk — es un condado situado en el sudeste de Inglaterra. Limita al oeste con Lincolnshire, al oeste y al suroeste con Cambridgeshire, y al sur con Suffolk. Al norte y al este limita con el Mar del Norte. Su capital es Norwich. Otras ciudades de esta… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Norfolk — Norfolk, NE U.S. city in Nebraska Population (2000): 23516 Housing Units (2000): 10072 Land area (2000): 9.972959 sq. miles (25.829845 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.099909 sq. miles (0.258762 sq. km) Total area (2000): 10.072868 sq. miles… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • NORFOLK — NORFOLK, central city of the Tidewater region of S.E. Virginia, noted for maritime activities and the presence of U.S. military bases. Its Jewish population in 2001 was 11,000. The first known Jewish settler in Norfolk, moses myers (1752–1835)… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Norfolk TV — is a television channel on Norfolk Island (administratively part of Australia) broadcasting information and news about the island, children s shows in the morning and some sitcoms in the afternoon. It is the only terrestrial television channel… …   Wikipedia

  • norfolk — [nɔʀfɔlk] n. m. ÉTYM. 1918; angl. Norfolk, nom d un comté de la Grande Bretagne. ❖ ♦ Vieilli. Tenue vestimentaire pour garçonnet constituée d une veste avec martingale et d une culotte courte. || Un norfolk. Appos. || Costume norfolk. 0 Sur sa… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Norfolk, NE — U.S. city in Nebraska Population (2000): 23516 Housing Units (2000): 10072 Land area (2000): 9.972959 sq. miles (25.829845 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.099909 sq. miles (0.258762 sq. km) Total area (2000): 10.072868 sq. miles (26.088607 sq. km)… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Norfolk, NY — U.S. Census Designated Place in New York Population (2000): 1334 Housing Units (2000): 610 Land area (2000): 2.681561 sq. miles (6.945212 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.091661 sq. miles (0.237401 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.773222 sq. miles… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Norfolk, VA — U.S. city in Virginia Population (2000): 234403 Housing Units (2000): 94416 Land area (2000): 53.728089 sq. miles (139.155107 sq. km) Water area (2000): 42.575917 sq. miles (110.271113 sq. km) Total area (2000): 96.304006 sq. miles (249.426220 sq …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Norfolk — coat or Norfolk jacket (made with foreand aft box pleats, big pockets, and a belt, first produced in England’s Norfolk county) …   Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games

  • Norfolk — Nordfolc (1066) (Territory of the) Northern People (of the East Angles). The Norfolk pine (1778), used as an ornamental tree, is from Norfolk Island in the South Pacific, northwest of New Zealand …   Etymology dictionary

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