Norfolk Island

English

Alternative forms

• Norfolk, Territory of Norfolk Island

Etymology

From the duchy of 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, the 7th duke; or both. As an Australian island and territory, bestowed by James Cook in 1774 in honor of Mary Howard, wife of the 9th duke.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔː.fək ˈaɪ.lənd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔɹ.fɔk ˈaɪ.lənd/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Norfolk Island

1. An island in Australia.
2. A territory of Australia, surrounding the island.
3. (historical) Former name of Santa Cruz, an island in Galapagos, Ecuador.

Derived terms

• Norfolk
• Norfolk Islander
• Norfolk Island pine
• Norfolk Island star pine

 

Translations

external territory of Australia

• Arabic: جَزِيرَة نُورْفُولْك (jazīra(t) nūrfūlk)
• Breton: Enez Norfolk
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 諾福克島／诺福克岛 (zh) (Nuòfúkè dǎo)

• Danish: Norfolk Island
• Dutch: Norfolkeiland
• Esperanto: Norfolkinsulo
• Estonian: Norfolk (territory), Norfolki saar (island)
• Finnish: Norfolkinsaari (fi)
• French: île Norfolk (fr) f
• German: Norfolkinsel (de) f
• Greek: Νήσος Νόρφολκ f (Nísos Nórfolk), Νήσος Νόρφοκ f (Nísos Nórfok)
• Hebrew: איי נורפוק
• Hungarian: Norfolk-sziget (hu)
• Italian: Isola Norfolk
• Japanese: ノーフォーク島 (Nōfōku-tō)
• Korean: 노퍽 섬 (Nopeok seom)
• Macedonian: Норфолк m (Norfolk)
• Maltese: il-Gżira Norfolk
• Marathi: नॉरफक आयलंड (nŏrphak āylaṇḍa), नॉरफक द्वीप (nŏrphak dvīp)
• Norman: Île dé Norfolk f
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: Norfuk Ailen
• Polish: Norfolk (pl)
• Portuguese: ilha Norfolk f
• Romanian: Insula Norfolk
• Russian: Но́рфолк (ru) m (Nórfolk), о́стров Но́рфолк m (óstrov Nórfolk)
• Spanish: isla Norfolk f
• Swedish: Norfolkön (sv)
• Turkish: Norfolk Adası (tr)

See also

• Appendix:Countries of the world
• Norfolk Island in Wikipedia