Sydney
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Sydney
See also: Sidney
English
Alternative forms
- (male given name): Sidney
Etymology
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
Proper noun
Sydney (countable and uncountable, plural Sydneys)
- (uncountable) A major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia.
- The City of Sydney, the local government area for central Sydney, New South Wales.
- (uncountable) A seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island.
- (uncountable) An unincorporated community in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States.
- (countable) A surname from Old English, a spelling variant of Sidney.
- (countable) A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- (Australia, Nova Scotia): North Sydney
- (Australia): Sydneysider
- (Australia, Canada): Sydneyite
- (Nova Scotia): SYD, Syd, Syd. (abbreviation)
- (given name): Syd (diminutive)
Translations
state capital of New South Wales, Australia
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urban community in Nova Scotia, Canada
male given name
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Afrikaans
Proper noun
Sydney
- (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
- (uncountable, 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
Catalan
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sydney m
- (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
- (uncountable, uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sydney
- (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
- (uncountable, 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
Declension of Sydney (type risti)
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Derived terms
compounds
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sydney f
- (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
- (uncountable, uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sydney
- (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
- (uncountable, 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
| 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
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Sydney.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sydney f
- (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
- (uncountable, 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
- ^ Sydney in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Sydney.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɨd.ni/, (nonstandard but common) /ˈsɨd.nɛj/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɨdni
- Syllabification: Syd‧ney
Proper noun
Sydney n (indeclinable)
- Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia)
- Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada)
Further reading
- Sydney in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Sydney in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Sydney.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sydney
- (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
- (uncountable, 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
Sydney m
- a male given name from English, equivalent to English Sydney
Slovene
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sy̑dney m inan
- (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
- (uncountable, 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) |
— | |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
— | |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
— | |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Sydneyju | |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Sydneyjem | |
Related terms
Welsh
Proper noun
Sydney
- (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
- (uncountable, uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)