Sydney

Meaning

  1. 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. A seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island.
  4. An unincorporated community in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States.
  5. A surname from Old English, a spelling variant of Sidney.
  6. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
Syd‧ney
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsɪd.ni/
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).

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