Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A historical region and former province of northwest France on the English Channel. Part of ancient Gaul, the region was successively conquered by the Romans, Franks, and Norse; during the Middle Ages it was sporadically controlled by the Anglo-Norman kings of England, but passed permanently to France in 1450. Its beaches were the focal point of Allied landings on D-day (June 6, 1944) in World War II.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun A region of France divided into Haute-Normandie and Basse-Normandie.
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- proper noun Historical region and former province of Northwest
France on the English Channel, divided into the regionsHaute-Normandie andBasse-Normandie . Its beaches were the site of Allied landings onD-Day (June 6, 1944).
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- noun a former province of northwestern France on the English channel; divided into Haute-Normandie and Basse-Normandie
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Examples
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There were H-Hours and D-Days all over the world, but the one in Normandy is the one that has been associated with that term in the decades since.
Archive 2005-06-01 KaneCitizen 2005
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I think the V-10 (which according to a German prisoner in Normandy is the weapon that will end the war) is the one I want to see in operation. and the sooner the better, because V-10, gentlemen, is a genuine war weapon.
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"Truth is that in Neustria, which we call Normandy," lived once a nobleman who had a beautiful daughter; every one asked her in marriage, but he always refused, so as not to part from her.
A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand
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Personally I do not believe that our countrymen are buried beneath white tombstones in Normandy or entombed in the USS Arizona so that we can apply the law unevenly or shred the Constitution.
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This volume consists of Record Commission transcripts of documents found mostly in Normandy, and dated up to 1206 (the end of English control of the region).
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I was in Normandy last weekend, will be back there at Easter and then off to Cognac in June - can't go often enough!
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France is now the world's largest oyster producer and consumer, fuelled by the oyster beds in Normandy, which produce the vast majority.
Oysters Come Back in Vogue Will Lyons 2010
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President Sarkozy is in Normandy hosting a summit meeting with the leaders of Russia and Germany.
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Then, on June 6, 1944, the Allies landed in Normandy, and only months after living in daily fear of his life, Dr. Mandelbrot soon found himself at France's elite Ecole Polytechnique.
Benoit Mandelbrot, pioneer in fractal geometry, dies at 85 Martin Weil 2010
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The opening 24 minutes of the film is based upon the Normandy landing on D-Day at Omaha Beach in Normandy on June 6, 1944, but that is where the historical side ends and the story takes over.
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