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Norton Sound

Norton Sound proper noun: an inlet of the Bering Sea on the western coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, south of the Seward Peninsula.

Proper noun

Norton Sound

  1. An inlet of the Bering Sea on the western coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, south of the Seward Peninsula.

Origin of Norton Sound

Named by Captain James Cook after Sir Fletcher Norton, then Speaker of the British House of Commons.

Questions about Norton Sound

What does Norton Sound mean?
Norton Sound means an inlet of the Bering Sea on the western coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, south of the Seward Peninsula.
What part of speech is Norton Sound?
Norton Sound is a proper noun.

Words near Norton Sound in the dictionary

  1. Norton Fitzwarren
  2. Norton Hawkfield
  3. Norton in Hales
  4. Norton Malreward
  5. Norton Shores
  6. Norton Sound
  7. Norton St Philip
  8. Norton's dome
  9. Norton's theorem
  10. Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck
  11. Norton-juxta-Kempsey

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