Norwalk

Meanings

1. Designating a calicivirus affecting humans, characterized by severe vomiting and diarrhea.

1. A number of places in the United States:
2. A city in Los Angeles County, California.
3. A city in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
4. A river in Connecticut.
5. A city in Warren County, Iowa.
6. A township in Pottawattamie County, Iowa.
7. An unincorporated community in Brown Township, Manistee County, Michigan.
8. A city, the county seat of Huron County, Ohio.
9. A township in Huron County, Ohio.
10. A village in Monroe County, Wisconsin.

Etymology

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