NORFOLK, the most considerable seaport in the state of Virginia in North America. It is situated on the east side of Elizabeth river, which flows into the Chesapeake, and has an excellent harbour. It is well built, with wide paved streets, running in right lines, and contained in 1817 about 10,000 inhabitants, of whom one third were slaves. W. Long. 76. 10. N. Lat. 36. 5.