Notre Dame is French for Our Lady, referring to the Blessed Virgin Mary. In the United States, Notre Dame is often (Noter Dame). This pronunciation is considered colloquial (e.g. University of Notre Dame). In French language place names, Notre-Dame is always hyphenated, as is a longer epithet of Our Lady (e.g. Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel). In church names with Notre-Dame followed by a place name, the remainder of the name is not hyphenated, if the place is where the church is located (e.g. Notre-Dame de Montréal Basilica); however, it is hyphenated if the place is not where the church is located, but rather an epithet of Our Lady (e.g. Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, a church not in Lourdes, but named for Our Lady of Lourdes).

Notre Dame may also refer to:

Churches and Cathedrals

There are many churches and cathedrals named Notre Dame, in France and other French-speaking countries.
They include:

Canada

• Notre-Dame de Montréal Basilica
• Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica, Ottawa
• Notre-Dame de Québec Cathedral

France

• Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Bayeux
• Cathedral of Chartres, also Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres
• Notre-Dame de la Garde in Marseille
• Notre Dame de Paris
• Notre-Dame de Reims Cathedral
• Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp
• Strasbourg Cathedral, also Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-Strasbourg
• Notre-Dame la Grande (Poitiers)

Luxembourg

• Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Luxembourg

United States of America

• Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Notre Dame
• Church of Notre Dame (New York City)

Vietnam

• Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica in Ho Chi Minh City

Religious confraternities

• Hospitalité Notre Dame de Lourdes

Religious orders

• School Sisters of Notre Dame
• Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur

Educational institutions

For high schools, secondary schools or similar entities, see Notre Dame High School.

Universities and other institutions of higher education

Australia

• University of Notre Dame Australia in Fremantle, Western Australia, and Sydney, New South Wales
• Notre Dame College, Shepparton in Shepparton, Victoria

Bangladesh

• Notre Dame College (Dhaka) in Dhaka

Canada

• Collège Notre-Dame du Sacré-Coeur (Montreal) in Montreal

Japan

• Kyoto Notre Dame University in Kyoto
• Notre Dame Seishin University in Okayama

Lebanon

• Notre Dame University - Louaize

Philippines

• Notre Dame of Dadiangas University
• Notre Dame of Greater Manila in Caloocan City, Metro Manila, Philippines
• Notre Dame of Marbel University
• Notre Dame of Midsayap College (NDMC)

United Kingdom

• Notre Dame Sixth Form College in Leeds
• Notre Dame School (Surrey)

United States of America

• University of Notre Dame, near South Bend, Indiana
• College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland
• Notre Dame College, South Euclid, Ohio
• Notre Dame College (New Hampshire), Manchester, New Hampshire (historical)
• Notre Dame College (New York), a former women's college in Staten Island, New York
• Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, California

Literature and arts

This novel has been adapted into many other works:

• Notre Dame (1904-06) sometimes seen as Notre-Dame, an opera by Franz Schmidt
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923 film), a silent film starring Lon Chaney, Sr. as Quasimodo
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939 film) starring Charles Laughton
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956 film) starring Anthony Quinn
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982 film) starring Anthony Hopkins and Derek Jacobi
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film), an animated film by Walt Disney Pictures
• Notre Dame de Paris (musical), a 1998 French musical
• Der Glöckner Von Notre Dame (musical), a 1999 Berlin musical adapted from the Disney adaptation

Other uses

• Notre Dame Fighting Irish, athletic teams from the University of Notre Dame, in South Bend, Indiana
• Notre Dame Bay, a large bay near the mouth of the Exploits River in northern Newfoundland
• Notre Dame (band), a former Swedish metal band
• Notre Dame, Indiana, the location of the University of Notre Dame, Saint Mary's College and Holy Cross College
• Notre Dame school of Polyphony, a group of composers working at or near the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris from about 1170 to 1250