name
Meaning 1
A female given name originating as a coinage.
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Standard Lemma guide
Norma
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)mə
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name
Meaning 2
An inconspicuous constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a carpenter's square. It lies south of the constellations Scorpius and Centaurus.
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Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
A norm.
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noun
Meaning 4
A template.
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noun
Meaning 5
A square for measuring right angles.
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noun
Meaning 6
a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Lupus and Ara in the Milky Way
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Broader terms: constellation
History
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.
Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin norma (“a carpenter's square”).
Borrowed from Latin norma. Doublet of norm.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 矩尺座 (Jǔchǐzuò) — constellation
- Dutch: Winkelhaak — constellation
- Esperanto: Ortilo — constellation
- Finnish: Kulmaviivoitin — constellation
- French: Règle — constellation
- Galician: Escuadro — constellation
- German: Winkelmaß — constellation
- Indonesian: Norma — constellation
- Irish: an Riail — constellation
- Kazakh: Бұрыштық (Būryştyq) — constellation
- Latin: Norma — constellation
- Malay: Sesiku — constellation
- Polish: Węgielnica — constellation
- Russian: Науго́льник (Naugólʹnik) — constellation
- Spanish: Norma — constellation
- Swedish: Vinkelhaken — constellation