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Norrie

Norrie proper noun: a diminutive form of the female given names Noreen, Norette, and Lenore.

Proper noun

Norrie

  1. A diminutive form of the female given names Noreen, Norette, and Lenore.
  2. A diminutive form of the male given name Norman.
  3. A census-designated place in Pitkin County, Colorado.

Noun

Norrie (countable and uncountable, plural Norries)

  1. (Ireland, countable, slang) A person from the north side of Cork City, Ireland.
  2. (uncountable) A genetic X-linked recessive disease that primarily affects the eye and leads to blindness.
    • Retinal dysplasia may occur in isolation but is usually part of a syndrome such as Edwards, Patau, Norrie, Walker–Warburg, or incontinentia pigmenti.2014, Alastair Denniston, Philip Murray, Oxford Handbook of Ophthalmology, →ISBN, page 814

Forms of Norrie

pluralNorries

Words formed from Norrie

Phrases with Norrie

Questions about Norrie

What does Norrie mean?
Norrie means a diminutive form of the female given names Noreen, Norette, and Lenore.
What part of speech is Norrie?
Norrie can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Norrie in the dictionary

  1. Norrell
  2. Norrells
  3. norreticuline
  4. Norridgewock
  5. Norridgewocks
  6. Norrie
  7. Norrie disease
  8. norries
  9. norrin
  10. Norrington
  11. Norringtons

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