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Sydney

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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
 Sydney (disambiguation) on Wikipedia

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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For the surname and given name, see Sidney. The cities in Australia and Canada are named after British politician Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney (1733–1800).

Pronunciation

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Sydney (countable and uncountable, plural Sydneys)

  1. (uncountable) A major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia.
  2. The City of Sydney, the local government area for central Sydney, New South Wales.
  3. (uncountable) A seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island.
  4. (uncountable) An unincorporated community in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States.
  5. (countable) A surname from Old English, a spelling variant of Sidney.
  6. (countable) A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

Synonyms

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  • (Nova Scotia): SYD, Syd, Syd. (abbreviation)
  • (given name): Syd (diminutive)

Derived terms

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Translations

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Afrikaans

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Afrikaans Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun

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Sydney

  1. (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
  2. (uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)

Derived terms

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Catalan

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Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ca

Pronunciation

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Sydney m

  1. (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
  2. (uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)

Cebuano

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Cebuano Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From English Sydney.

Proper noun

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Sydney

  1. Sydney (the capital city of New South Wales, Australia)

Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cs

Etymology

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From English Sydney.

Pronunciation

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Sydney n (indeclinable, related adjective sydneyský)

  1. Sydney (the capital city of New South Wales, Australia)

Finnish

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Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fi

Etymology

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From English Sydney.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsidni/, [ˈs̠idni]
  • Rhymes: -idni
  • Hyphenation(key): Syd‧ney

Proper noun

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Sydney

  1. (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
  2. (uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)

Declension

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Derived terms

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compounds

French

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French Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fr

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Sydney f

  1. (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
  2. (uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)

German

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German Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia de

Etymology

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From English Sydney.

Proper noun

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Sydney n

  1. Sydney (the capital city of New South Wales, Australia)

Hungarian

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Hungarian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia hu

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈsidni]
  • Hyphenation: Syd‧ney

Proper noun

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Sydney

  1. (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
  2. (uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative Sydney
accusative Sydney-t
dative Sydney-nek
instrumental Sydney-vel
causal-final Sydney-ért
translative Sydney-vé
terminative Sydney-ig
essive-formal Sydney-ként
essive-modal
inessive Sydney-ben
superessive Sydney-n
adessive Sydney-nél
illative Sydney-be
sublative Sydney-re
allative Sydney-hez
elative Sydney-ből
delative Sydney-ről
ablative Sydney-től
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Sydney-é
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Sydney-éi
Possessive forms of Sydney
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Sydney-m
2nd person sing. Sydney-d
3rd person sing. Sydney-je
1st person plural Sydney-nk
2nd person plural Sydney-tek
3rd person plural Sydney-jük

Derived terms

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Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English Sydney.

Pronunciation

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Sydney f

  1. (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
  2. (uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)

References

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  1. ^ Sydney in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
Sydney

Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English Sydney.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsɘd.ni/, (nonstandard but common) /ˈsɘd.nɛj/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɘdni, -ɘdnɛj
  • Syllabification: Syd‧ney

Proper noun

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Sydney n (indeclinable)

  1. Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia)
  2. Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada)

Further reading

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  • Sydney in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Sydney in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English Sydney.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsi.d͡ʒi.nej/ [ˈsi.d͡ʒi.neɪ̯], /ˈsid͡ʒ.nej/ [ˈsid͡ʒ.neɪ̯]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsid͡ʒ.nej/ [ˈsid͡ʒ.neɪ̯], /ˈsi.d͡ʒi.nej/ [ˈsi.d͡ʒi.neɪ̯]
 

Proper noun

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Sydney

  1. (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
  2. (uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)

Proper noun

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Sydney m

  1. a male given name from English, equivalent to English Sydney

Scots

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Scots Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sco

Etymology

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From English Sydney.

Proper noun

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Sydney

  1. Sydney (the capital city of New South Wales, Australia)

Slovene

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Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sl

Etymology

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From English Sydney.

Pronunciation

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Sy̑dney m inan

  1. (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
  2. (uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)

Inflection

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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nominative Sydney
genitive Sydneyja
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
Sydney
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
Sydneyja
dative
(dajȃlnik)
Sydneyju
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
Sydney
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
Sydneyju
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
Sydneyjem
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Tagalog

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Tagalog Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Sydney.

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Sydney (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜇ᜔ᜈᜒ)

  1. Sydney (the capital city of New South Wales, Australia)

Welsh

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Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cy

Proper noun

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Sydney

  1. (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
  2. (uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)