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Matraville

Matraville proper noun: a suburb of Sydney in the Randwick council area, New South Wales, Australia.

Proper noun

Matraville

  1. A suburb of Sydney in the Randwick council area, New South Wales, Australia.

Origin of Matraville

From Matra + -ville, named after James Matra, a midshipman on Captain James Cook's voyage to Botany Bay in 1770.

Questions about Matraville

What does Matraville mean?
Matraville means a suburb of Sydney in the Randwick council area, New South Wales, Australia.
What part of speech is Matraville?
Matraville is a proper noun.

Words near Matraville in the dictionary

  1. Matranga
  2. Matrangas
  3. matras
  4. matrass
  5. matrasses
  6. Matraville
  7. Matrena
  8. matrep
  9. matres
  10. matres lectionis
  11. matrescence

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