Adelaide

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See also: Ādéláidé and Adélaïde

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Etymology

Borrowed from French Adélaïde, from Old High German Adalheidis (from adal (“noble”) + -heit (“nature, character”)); doublet of Alice.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæ.də.leɪd/
  • (South Australia) IPA(key): /ˈæ.dɜ.læɪ̯d/
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ædəleɪd

Proper noun

Adelaide

  1. A female given name from the Germanic languages
  2. Places named for Queen Adelaide, consort of William IV.
    1. The state capital and largest city in South Australia.
      • 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-2:
        Diana Allers: Breaking now: A city of four million, blasted from orbit. Adelaide, Australia is no more.
        Diana Allers: New footage from Earth reveals the Reapers' plans to attack large industrial centers.
        Diana Allers: Which cities are next? Find out--inside the Battlespace.
    2. A river in the Northern Territory, Australia, known for its large population of saltwater crocodiles.
    3. A town in Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • → Greek: Άντελαϊντ (Ántelaïnt)

Translations

Italian

Proper noun

Adelaide f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Adelaide
  2. Adelaide (the state capital of South Australia, Australia)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: A‧de‧lai‧de

Proper noun

Adelaide f (plural Adelaides)

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Adelaide

Proper noun

Adelaide f

  1. Adelaide (the state capital of South Australia, Australia)

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Adelaide m (no known Cyrillic variant), f

  1. Adelaide (the state capital of South Australia)
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