Perth

Meaning

1. A city in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland, historically in Perthshire.
2. The state capital of Western Australia.
3. The City of Perth, a local government area in Western Australia.
4. A town, the county seat of Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
5. A town in Tasmania, Australia.
6. A river in the Southern Alps of 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

Synonyms

purse

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wallet

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɜːθ/

Etymology

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