Perth
Meaning
- A city in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland, historically in Perthshire.
- The state capital of Western Australia.
- A local government area in Western Australia; in full, the City of Perth.
- A town, the county seat of Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- A town in Tasmania, Australia.
- A river in the Southern Alps West Coast region, New Zealand, a tributary of the Whataroa.
- A locale in the United States.
- A locale in the United States.
- A locale in the United States.
- A locale in the United States.
- A locale in the United States.
- A locale in the United States.
- A locale in the United States.
- A Scottish earldom.
- A surname
Translations
Frequency
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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