Channel Islands (redirected from Norman Isles)

Chan·nel Islands  (chnl)

A group of British islands in the English Channel off the coast of northern France. Settled by Norse mariners, the islands became part of the duchy of Normandy in the tenth century and passed to England with the Norman Conquest of 1066.

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Channel Islands

pl n

(Placename) a group of islands in the English Channel, off the NW coast of France, consisting of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Brechou, Great Sark, Little Sark, Herm, Jethou, and Lihou (British crown dependencies), and the Roches Douvres and the Îles Chausey (which belong to France): the only part of the duchy of Normandy remaining to Britain. Pop.: 153 700 (2001 est.). Area: 194 sq. km (75 sq. miles)

Translations

Channel Islands [ˌtʃæn^əlˈaɪləndz] npl
the Channel Islands → les îles fpl de la Manche, les îles fpl anglo-normandes
channel port n → port m de la Manche

Channel Islands npl the Channel Islands → le Isole Normanne or del Canale (della Manica)