norfolk island

1. 1.

   an island territory of Australia in the Pacific Ocean off the eastern coast of Australia; formerly a British penal colony

   Broaderisland

   Part ofAustralia

Questions about norfolk island

What does norfolk island mean?

norfolk island means "an island territory of Australia in the Pacific Ocean off the eastern coast of Australia; formerly a British penal colony".

Is norfolk island a common word?

norfolk island is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.