in Connecticut, and third in Fairfield County. [1]  The city is part of the  New York metropolitan area . The name "Norwalk" comes from the  Algonquian  word "noyank" meaning "point of land", or its  Native American  name, “Naramauke” (also spelled "Norwauke", "Norowake", or "Norwaake"), a Native American chief. The  farming  of