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Celestial City

Celestial City proper noun: nickname for Fredericton: the capital of New Brunswick, Canada.

Proper noun

the Celestial City

  1. (poetic) Nickname for Fredericton: the capital of New Brunswick, Canada.
    • Then the river widens out, and over its shining expanse we see the long bridges, the spires, and the billowy foliage of the city of elms, Fredericton, which is called by New-Brunswickers, in affectionate banter, the “Celestial City.”1891, Charles G. D. Roberts, The Canadian Guide-book […] , New York: D. Appleton and Company, page 147
  2. Heaven in the allegory The Pilgrim's Progress.
    • […]I once was, as I thought, fair for the Cœleſtial City, and had then even joy at the thoughts that I ſhould get thither.1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC, page 29

Celestial City meaning in Bengali

Celestial City in Bengali

the celestial city; abode of the gods
স্বর্গপুরী śorgopuri

Origin of Celestial City

In reference to the spires of the churches.

Questions about Celestial City

What does Celestial City mean?
Celestial City means nickname for Fredericton: the capital of New Brunswick, Canada.
What is Celestial City in Bengali?
Celestial City in Bengali is স্বর্গপুরী (śorgopuri). See Celestial City meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is Celestial City?
Celestial City is a proper noun.

Words near Celestial City in the dictionary

  1. Celestia
  2. celestial
  3. celestial blue
  4. celestial bodies
  5. celestial body
  6. Celestial City
  7. celestial crown
  8. celestial crowns
  9. Celestial Empire
  10. celestial equator
  11. celestial equators

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Celestial City (page history and authors); স্বর্গপুরী (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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