Normandy
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- proper noun
- /nɔrˈmændi/
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Normandía
- The SS John Treutlen was torpedoed in the English Channel during the Normandy Invasion in 1944.
- invasion of Normandy
- Normandy on D-Day
- the beaches of Normandy
And then after Normandy, it was Battle of the Bulge.
- And then after Normandy, it was Battle of the Bulge.
- Look at any airborne assault whether it's Normandy.
- We went to France and that was our first stop was Normandy.
- So they used him as a decoy before Normandy.
- He did release this statement about the allies fighting the Nazis in Normandy.
- But to me, the acid test was talking to one of his mentors at the University of Can in Normandy, France, where he did his PhD training.
- I, I look at my, my, my, my grandfather storm the beaches in Normandy, right?
- Look, you know, I should point out that that is in the same chapter that then ends in Normandy.
- Like, were you of age born in this country when they were deciding who was going to land at Normandy?
- A young Frenchman by the name of Augustin Frenel, who's in the army, is going back to his home on the North Coast of France in Normandy, passes through Paris.
- He is Duke of Normandy and he's going to opportunistically attack England and eventually take it over.
Examples
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Family lore has it that he came from around Dieppe, which is in Normandy.
Academic text (2014) -
In June 1944, the Allies launched the D-Day invasion on the beaches of Normandy.
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Actually, that was in Normandy.
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These two men died in Normandy.
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Did we get permission to land in Normandy?
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German troops could not be sent to Normandy if they were being pressed in southwest France.
Fiction book (2001) -
View films about World War II, especially those about Normandy or the Battle of the Bulge.
Academic text (1997) -
We were stranded in rural Normandy without any support.
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Thousands of tiny parachutes opened before our eyes and fell on the Normandy coast.
Fiction book (1997) -
A dream to visit the "beaches of Normandy" came true in May 2008.
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
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A region in the northwest of France by the English Channel with farms, beaches and old towns
Compounds
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4.3
Allied troops land at Normandy on June 6, 1944 to invade German-held Western Europe in World War II
A former administrative region in northern France covering the northeast of Normandy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Normandy comes from the name Norman, which is built from words meaning 'north' and 'man' because Viking 'north men' settled there long ago. So Normandy is the region in northwestern France named after those 'north men'.