Jersey

See also: jersey

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman Gersui, after which disputed. Probably from Old Norse [Term?], compound of Geirs (Geirr's) and ey (island). Also occasionally and historically connected to Latin Caesarea, a common name given to locations conquered by the Romans in honor of Caesar (compare French Césarée). The latter theory still bestows the official Latin translation of the island, as it was known in Roman times.

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/
  • (file)

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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