Norma (play)
WordNet

noun


(1)   A small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Lupus and Ara in the Milky Way
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Etymology 1


Coined name of an imaginary Celtic priestess in Bellini's opera Norma (1831). Sometimes explained as , or as a feminine form of Norman

Proper noun



  1. .
    • 1966 Agatha Christie, Third Girl, page 6:
      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 2



Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From .

Proper noun



  1. 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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