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Definition of Sydney

1. Noun. The largest Australian city located in southeastern Australia on the Tasman Sea; state capital of New South Wales; Australia's chief port.

Definition of Sydney

1. Proper noun. (surname from=Old English dot=), a spelling variant of Sidney. ¹

2. Proper noun. (surnames male given name) transferred from the surname. ¹

3. Proper noun. (surnames female given name) transferred from the surname. ¹

4. Proper noun. A seaport and the state capital of New South Wales, Australia. ¹

5. Proper noun. A former city, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. ¹

6. Proper noun. Dharuk, an Aboriginal language of Australia. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Sydney

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by Royal Institute of British Architects (1884)
"sydney NSWales Obv. Interior view of Sta. Sophia. Rev. Interior view. Lincoln Obv. SW view of cathedral. Rev. Interior view of nave. ..."

2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"In 1897 the incumbent was made archbishop of sydney and he has the title of primate of Australia. He is elected by the Australian bishops, ..."

3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1846)
"sydney SMITH A PLAGIARIST. There was, however, one point upon which we did not touch, ... In the critique in 1809 our reviewer showed that sydney Smith had ..."

4. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1884)
"In 1798 sydney took his pupil to Edinburgh, where they found "odious smells, ... sydney Smith and his pupil lived on the windy crest of the New Town, ..."

5. Proceedings by Royal Institute of British Architects (1884)
"sydney NSWales Obv. Interior view of Sta. Sophia. Rev. Interior view. Lincoln Obv. SW view of cathedral. Rev. Interior view of nave. ..."

6. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"In 1897 the incumbent was made archbishop of sydney and he has the title of primate of Australia. He is elected by the Australian bishops, ..."

7. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1846)
"sydney SMITH A PLAGIARIST. There was, however, one point upon which we did not touch, ... In the critique in 1809 our reviewer showed that sydney Smith had ..."

8. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1884)
"In 1798 sydney took his pupil to Edinburgh, where they found "odious smells, ... sydney Smith and his pupil lived on the windy crest of the New Town, ..."

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