Normandy
['nɔ:mən'di]
Examples
- They came by diverse routes from France, Normandy, Flanders, England, Southern Italy, and Sicily, and the will and power of them were the Normans. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Meanwhile the Normans from Normandy were also finding their way into the Mediterranean from the West. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- William, Duke of Normandy, became the William the Conqueror (1066) of English history. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The dominions of the Duke of Normandy, for example, were more extensive and more powerful than the patrimony of Hugh Capet. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- You are more of courtly old Sir Guyon, who went to the Crusades, but I resemble Jarl Hagon, who came sailing to Normandy with Rollo. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- He had newts, snails, and frogs--the two latter delicacies are still highly esteemed in Normandy and Brittany. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Is Richard's title of primogeniture more decidedly certain than that of Duke Robert of Normandy, the Conqueror's eldest son? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
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