Notre Dame (disambiguation)

Notre Dame is French for Our Lady, referring to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Accordingly there are many churches named Notre Dame, of which the most famous is Notre-Dame de Paris in Paris, France. Some others include:

• Notre-Dame de Chartres Cathedral in Chartres, France;
• Notre-Dame de Reims Cathedral in Reims, France;
• Notre-Dame d'Ottawa Cathedral in Ottawa, Ontario;
• Notre-Dame de Montréal Basilica in Montreal, Quebec;
• Notre-Dame de Québec Cathedral in Quebec City, Quebec.

There are several US higher education institutions named Notre Dame:

• The most famous, the University of Notre Dame du Lac in South Bend, Indiana, home of the Fighting Irish.
• Notre Dame College, a liberal-arts college in South Euclid, Ohio.
• The College of Notre Dame of Maryland in Baltimore, Maryland.
• Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, California.

The book Notre-Dame de Paris, by Victor Hugo, is known in English as The Hunchback of Notre Dame and has been made into several movies and musicals. The most famous musical is simply called Notre-Dame de Paris. It was co-authored by Quebecois Luc Plamondon and Franco-Italian Richard Cocciante.

Notre Dame is pronounced "Not-re dahm" although many broadcasters in the US tend to pronounce it incorrectly as "Noter dame"