"Norma" meaning in English

See Norma in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)mə Etymology: Coined name of an imaginary Celtic priestess in Bellini's opera Norma (1831). Sometimes explained as Latin norma (“pattern, model”), or as a feminine form of Norman. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|norma||pattern, model}} Latin norma (“pattern, model”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Norma
  1. A female given name originating as a coinage. Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names
    Sense id: en-Norma-en-name-xZQJj1rp Categories (other): Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)mə Etymology: Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin norma (“a carpenter's square”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|norma||a carpenter's square}} Latin norma (“a carpenter's square”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Norma
  1. (astronomy) An inconspicuous constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a carpenter's square. It lies south of the constellations Scorpius and Centaurus. Categories (topical): Constellations Derived forms: Normae Translations (constellation): 矩尺座 (Jǔchǐzuò) (Chinese Mandarin), Kulmaviivoitin (Finnish), Règle [feminine] (French), Escuadro (Galician), Winkelmaß [neuter] (German), an Riail [feminine] (Irish), Бұрыштық (Būryştyq) (Kazakh), Norma [feminine] (Latin), Sesiku (Malay), Węgielnica [feminine] (Polish), Науго́льник (Naugólʹnik) [masculine] (Russian), Norma (Spanish), Vinkelhaken (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Norma-en-name-bjYdkdZh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 54 46 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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