Sydney

See also: Sidney

English

Alternative forms

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).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪd.ni/, enPR: sĭd'ni,
  • Audio (General Australian):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪdni
  • Hyphenation: Syd‧ney

Proper noun

Sydney (countable and uncountable, plural Sydneys)

  1. (uncountable) A major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia.
  2. A local government area containing central Sydney, New South Wales; in full, the City of Sydney.
  3. (uncountable) A seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island.
  4. (uncountable) An unincorporated community in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States.
  5. (countable) A surname from Old English, a spelling variant of Sidney.
  6. (countable) A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

Synonyms

  • (Nova Scotia): SYD, Syd, Syd. (abbreviation)
  • (given name): Syd (diminutive)

Derived terms

Translations

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Sydney

  1. (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
  2. (uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)

Derived terms

Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sydney m

  1. (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
  2. (uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Sydney.

Proper noun

Sydney

  1. Sydney (the capital city of New South Wales, Australia)

Czech

Etymology

From English Sydney.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsɪdnɪ]

Proper noun

Sydney n (indeclinable, relational adjective sydneyský)

  1. Sydney (the capital city of New South Wales, Australia)

Finnish

Etymology

From English Sydney.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsidni/, [ˈs̠idni]
  • Rhymes: -idni
  • Syllabification(key): Syd‧ney
  • Hyphenation(key): Syd‧ney

Proper noun

Sydney

  1. (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
  2. (uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)

Declension

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sid.nɛ/, /sid.ne/

Proper noun

Sydney f

  1. (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
  2. (uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)

German

Etymology

From English Sydney.

Proper noun

Sydney n

  1. Sydney (the capital city of New South Wales, Australia)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsidni]
  • Hyphenation: Syd‧ney

Proper noun

Sydney

  1. (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
  2. (uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative Sydney
accusative Sydney-t
dative Sydney-nek
instrumental Sydney-vel
causal-final Sydney-ért
translative Sydney-vé
terminative Sydney-ig
essive-formal Sydney-ként
essive-modal
inessive Sydney-ben
superessive Sydney-n
adessive Sydney-nél
illative Sydney-be
sublative Sydney-re
allative Sydney-hez
elative Sydney-ből
delative Sydney-ről
ablative Sydney-től
non-attributive
possessive – singular
Sydney-é
non-attributive
possessive – plural
Sydney-éi
Possessive forms of Sydney
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Sydney-m
2nd person sing. Sydney-d
3rd person sing. Sydney-je
1st person plural Sydney-nk
2nd person plural Sydney-tek
3rd person plural Sydney-jük

Derived terms

  • sydney-i

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Sydney.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsid.nej/, /ˈsid.ni/[1]
  • Rhymes: -idnej, -idni
  • Hyphenation: Sỳd‧ney

Proper noun

Sydney f

  1. (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
  2. (uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)

References

  1. ^ Sydney in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Sydney.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɘd.ni/, (nonstandard but common) /ˈsɘd.nɛj/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɘdni, -ɘdnɛj
  • Syllabification: Syd‧ney

Proper noun

Sydney n (indeclinable)

  1. Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia)
  2. Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada)

Further reading

  • Sydney in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Sydney in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Sydney.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsi.d͡ʒi.nej/ [ˈsi.d͡ʒi.neɪ̯], /ˈsid͡ʒ.nej/ [ˈsid͡ʒ.neɪ̯]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsid͡ʒ.nej/ [ˈsid͡ʒ.neɪ̯], /ˈsi.d͡ʒi.nej/ [ˈsi.d͡ʒi.neɪ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈsi.dnɐj/ [ˈsi.ðnɐj]

Proper noun

Sydney ?

  1. (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
  2. (uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)

Proper noun

Sydney m

  1. a male given name from English, equivalent to English Sydney

Scots

Etymology

From English Sydney.

Proper noun

Sydney

  1. Sydney (the capital city of New South Wales, Australia)

Slovene

Etymology

From English Sydney.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /síːdni/

Proper noun

Sy̑dney m inan

  1. (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
  2. (uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nominative Sydney
genitive Sydneyja
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
Sydney
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
Sydneyja
dative
(dajȃlnik)
Sydneyju
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
Sydney
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
Sydneyju
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
Sydneyjem
  • Sydneyjčan / Sydneyjčanka
  • sydneyjski

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Sydney.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈsidni/ [ˈsid̪.n̪ɪ]
  • Rhymes: -idni
  • Syllabification: Syd‧ney

Proper noun

Sydney (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜇ᜔ᜈᜒ)

  1. Sydney (the capital city of New South Wales, Australia)

Welsh

Proper noun

Sydney

  1. (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
  2. (uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)