Perth

Perth

Meaning

  1. A city in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland, historically in Perthshire.
  2. The state capital of Western Australia.
  3. A local government area in Western Australia; in full, the City of Perth.
  4. A town, the county seat of Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
  5. A town in Tasmania, Australia.
  6. A river in the Southern Alps West Coast region, New Zealand, a tributary of the Whataroa.
  7. A locale in the United States.
  8. A locale in the United States.
  9. A locale in the United States.
  10. A locale in the United States.
  11. A locale in the United States.
  12. A locale in the United States.
  13. A locale in the United States.
  14. A Scottish earldom.
  15. A surname

Frequency

28k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pɜːθ/
Etymology

In summary

From Pictish *ᚚᚓᚏᚈ (pert) meaning “wood, copse, thicket”, related to Welsh perth and perhaps Proto-Celtic *kʷerxtā (from Proto-Indo-European *pérkʷus (“oak”).

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