norma

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

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7
Words With Friends
9
Letters
5

Definition of norma

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. 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.”
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name

  1. 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.”
  2. An inconspicuous constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a carpenter's square. It lies south of the constellations Scorpius and Centaurus.

noun

  1. A norm.
  2. A template.
  3. A square for measuring right angles.

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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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