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Normandy

[ nawr-muhn-dee ]

noun

  1. a region in N France along the English Channel: invaded and settled by Scandinavians in the 10th century, becoming a duchy in a.d. 911; later a province, the capital of which was Rouen; Allied invasion in World War II began here June 6, 1944.


Normandy

/ ˈnɔːməndɪ /

noun

  1. a former province of N France, on the English Channel: settled by Vikings under Rollo in the 10th century; scene of the Allied landings in 1944. Chief town: Rouen French nameNormandienɔrmɑ̃di


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Gans had many brushes with death in Normandy and escaped them all.

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Even though it’s set in the sunniest of locales, the coastal area around Normandy, it gives off a heady, late-August perfume.

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Kaidan technically outranks Shepard, and he has his own squad before joining the Normandy.

The problem with her is that she was a perfectly fine character already as the Normandy’s disembodied AI voice.

Conversations with him provide interesting philosophical debates about the Normandy crew’s role, and what’s important to prioritize at the end of all things.

And as his stunned neighbors in Normandy might tell you, even allegedly nice guys are fair game.

He had as a helpful ally in this Adolf Hitler, who kept refusing to believe the Normandy landings were the main landings.

I visited Normandy for the first time a few weeks ago for the sole purpose of tasting cider at one specific estate.

Case in point—a Normandy estate that is making cider that rivals the area's fine wine.

The soldiers who landed at Normandy knew that the whole country was thinking of them.

Those songs of revolt gave the signal to terrible insurrections in Normandy and Brittany.

In 1651 she married the marquis de Brinvilliers, then serving in the regiment of Normandy.

The high Normandy coast is always charming, but it is equally so at a hundred other points.

Katrington, the squire, was governor of a castle in Normandy.

Margaret suggested that he should take the regency of Normandy in the Duke of York's stead.

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