Norwalk

Meaning

1. A number of places in the United States:
2. Designating a calicivirus affecting humans, characterized by severe vomiting and diarrhea.
3. A city in Warren County, Iowa.
4. A river in Connecticut.
5. A city in Los Angeles County, California.
6. An unincorporated community in Brown Township, Manistee County, Michigan.
7. A township in Pottawattamie County, Iowa.
8. A city, the county seat of Huron County, Ohio.
9. A city in Fairfield County, Connecticut.

Etymology / origin

(For noun) Named after Norwalk, Ohio, where an outbreak of gastroenteritis in 1968 led to the isolation of the virus.

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