"Norma" meaning in English

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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: {{cln|en|undefined derivations}}, {{uder|en|la|norma||pattern, model}} Latin norma (“pattern, model”), {{m|en|Norman}} Norman 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): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 55 45
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: {{cln|en|undefined derivations}}, {{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 undefined derivations Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 55 45 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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