Notre Dame

From French Notre Dame (literally, “Our Lady”, a title of Mary, mother of Jesus; now hyphenated as Notre-Dame). The university was named by its founder, the French-born Catholic priest Edward Sorin. The place was named after the university.

• (cathedral):
  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˌnoʊ.tɹə ˈdɑːm/
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌnɒ.tɹə ˈdɑːm/, /ˌnɒ.tɹə ˈdæm/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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  • (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌnɔ.tɹə ˈdäːm/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːm
• (university, place):
  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˌnoʊ.tɚ ˈdeɪm/
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌnɒ.tɹə ˈdeɪm/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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  • Rhymes: -eɪm
• Hyphenation: No‧tre Dame

Notre Dame

1. Notre-Dame de Paris.

   Alternative forms: Notre-Dame, (uncommon) Nôtre Dame

2. University of Notre Dame.
3. A census-designated place in Indiana.
   • 1966 January 4, John Cogley, “Cases of 13 'Silenced Priests' Described by Catholic Weekly”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     The Roman Catholic weekly Ave Maria, published by the Holy Cross Fathers of Notre Dame, Indiana, has just released a special issue with case histories on “the ‘silenced’ priests”—13 American Catholic clergymen who have been reassigned, disciplined or otherwise restricted in their public activities since June, 1964.

     (Can we archive this URL?)

   • 2003 January 2, “Paid Notice: Deaths BROUSSARD, SR. RITA ESTELLE, CSC,”, in The New York Times‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 May 2015:

     Died on Wed., January 1 at Saint Mary's Convent, Notre Dame, Indiana.

   • 2025 January 12, Edward Helmore, “Kristin Crowley: LA fire chief publicly criticizing the city’s budget cuts”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎^[3], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 January 2025:

     A high school and college athlete, she studied biology at Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana, with plans to become an orthopedic surgeon.

• Notre Dame Bay
• School Sister of Notre Dame

• adorement, emendator, medronate

• IPA^(key): /nɔ.tʁə dam/

See Notre-Dame.

Notre Dame f

1. obsolete spelling of Notre-Dame

• N. D.
• Notre Dame de Noylhiac

From English Notre Dame, named after the University of Notre Dame, itself named from French by its founder, the French-born Catholic priest Edward Sorin.

Notre Dame f

1. Notre Dame (a census-designated place in Indiana)

• démontera