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Definition of Norfolk island
1. Noun. An island territory of Australia in the Pacific Ocean off the eastern coast of Australia; formerly a British penal colony.
Definition of Norfolk island
1. Proper noun. External territory of Australia, in the Pacific Ocean. Official name: Territory of Norfolk Island. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Norfolk Island
Literary usage of Norfolk island
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Statistical Society of London by Statistical Society (Great Britain) (1845)
"The group of which norfolk island is the principal, is situate in lat. ...
norfolk island is not quite five miles long, with a medium breadth of about two ..."
2. Annual Report by Correctional Association of New York (1870)
"MACONOCHIE AND HIS PENAL COLONY ON norfolk island. BY MB. ... SEC'T.] norfolk island,
so named by Captain Cook, who visited it in 1774, lies nine hundred ..."
3. A Narrative of a Visit to the Australian Colonies by James Backhouse (1843)
"norfolk island Fine and Tree-fern.—Fruits.—Description of Prisoners. ... Though the
distance to norfolk island is only about a thousand miles, ..."
4. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1875)
"The principal tree is the norfolk island pine, which grows to a very great size,
... norfolk island was discovered by Capt. Cook in 1774, and in 1787 was ..."
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