Norma

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A female given name originating as a coinage.

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A female given name originating as a coinage.
I wish I could remember that girl's Christian name. Something connected with a song...Thora? Speak to me, Thora, Thora, Thora. Something like that, or Myra? Myra, oh Myra my love is all for thee... Norma? Or do I mean Maritana? Norma - Norma Restarick. That's right, I'm sure.

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.

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An inconspicuous constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a carpenter's square. It lies south of the constellations Scorpius and Centaurus.

Etymology

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin norma (“a carpenter's square”).

norm · That which is normal or typical.Norm · A diminutive of the male given name Norman.norma · A norm.

Norma · A female given name originating as a coinage.

normal · According to norms or rules or to a regular pattern.normally · Under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of…norman · A wooden bar, or iron pin.

The neighbouring pages — Alphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.