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.

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

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