Jersey

See also: jersey

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman Gersui, from Old Norse [Term?], compound of Geirs (Geirr's) and ey (island).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Jersey

  1. The largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel between France and England.
  2. A breed of dairy cattle from Jersey.
  3. An English earldom.
  4. (US, informal) New Jersey.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

Jersey (plural Jerseys)

  1. A cow of the Jersey breed.

See also


Catalan

Proper noun

Jersey m

  1. Jersey

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Jersey.

Proper noun

Jersey (genitive Jerseys)

  1. Jersey (island)

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒɛʁ.sɛ/

Proper noun

Jersey

  1. Jersey (island)

Italian

Proper noun

Jersey ?

  1. Jersey (island)
  2. The letter J in the Italian phonetic alphabet
    Synonym: Jesolo

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Jersey

  1. Jersey (island in the Channel Islands)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Jersey

  1. Jersey (island in the Channel Islands)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Jersey f

  1. Jersey (an island and dependency of the United Kingdom in the English Channel)

Spanish

Proper noun

Jersey ?

  1. Jersey
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