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Bankstown

Bankstown proper noun: a suburb of Sydney in the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia. It was a city (local government area) until 2016.

Proper noun

Bankstown

  1. A suburb of Sydney in the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia. It was a city (local government area) until 2016.

Origin of Bankstown

From Banks + town, being named after Sir Joseph Banks.

Words formed from Bankstown

Questions about Bankstown

What does Bankstown mean?
Bankstown means a suburb of Sydney in the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia. It was a city (local government area) until 2016.
What part of speech is Bankstown?
Bankstown is a proper noun.

Words near Bankstown in the dictionary

  1. bankster
  2. banksterism
  3. banksters
  4. Bankston
  5. Bankstons
  6. Bankstown
  7. Bankstown Aerodrome
  8. Banksyesque
  9. banku
  10. banku music
  11. Bankura

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