Norwich

[ nawr-ich, -ij, nor- for 1; nawr-wich for 2 ]

/ ˈnɔr ɪtʃ, -ɪdʒ, ˈnɒr- for 1; ˈnɔr wɪtʃ for 2 /

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noun

a city in eastern Norfolk, in eastern England: known for its cathedral.

a city in southeastern Connecticut, on the Thames River.

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Words nearby Norwich

Norwegian Current, Norwegian elkhound, Norwegian forest cat, Norwegian Sea, nor'wester, Norwich, Norwich terrier, Norwood, nos-, nosce te ipsum, nose

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How to use Norwich in a sentence

The presence of attacker Milot Rashica, his former Bremen teammate, at Norwich added to his comfort with the move.
Josh Sargent, fresh off his Premier League transfer, targets consistency as USMNT qualifying begins|Thomas Floyd|September 2, 2021|Washington Post
Corinne Le Quéré of the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England, and her colleagues used different daily data as their starting point.
CO2 emissions have nosedived as COVID-19 keeps people home|Carolyn Gramling|May 27, 2020|Science News For Students
Norwich Meadows Farms in Upstate New York, which started in 1998, also offers organic meat.
Inside The Growing Organic Halal Movement|Sharon Adarlo|September 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“He did not have those views when we married, but acquired them after,” Zubkova told The Norwich Bulletin.
Awkward: This Democratic Judicial Candidate's Husband Is a White Supremacist|Gideon Resnick|August 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST

A “year to the day” after he began his “tour,” he was “taken into hospital in Norwich in a state of almost total immobility.”
Walking In The Footsteps Of W.G. Sebald, Hiker, Novelist, Strange Genius|Edward Platt|June 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Bishop of Norwich frankly acknowledged recently that he had never been able to live on his income of $22,500 per year.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car|Thomas D. Murphy
Twenty miles more through a beautiful country brought us in sight of the cathedral spire of Norwich.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car|Thomas D. Murphy
Norwich also presents the spectacle of a modern cathedral in course of building, a thing that we did not see elsewhere in England.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car|Thomas D. Murphy
One day the Bristol mail was robbed; another day the Dover coach; then the Norwich waggon.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
The Norwich Guardians had found, as others have done since, that the old style of indoor apprenticeship was nearly extinct.
English Poor Law Policy|Sidney Webb

British Dictionary definitions for Norwich

Norwich

/ (ˈnɒrɪdʒ) /

noun

a city in E England, administrative centre of Norfolk: cathedral (founded 1096); University of East Anglia (1963); traditionally a centre of the footwear industry, now has engineering, financial services. Pop: 174 047 (2001)

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