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Sydney

Syllables: Syd·neyUS[ˈsɪd̥ni]

Sydney proper noun: a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia.

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. (uncountable) 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.
    Synonyms:
    SYD, Syd.
  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.
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    Synonyms:
    Syd

Sydney meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

Sydney in Hindi

state capital of New South Wales, Australia
सिडनी siḍnī

Sydney in Tamil

state capital of New South Wales, Australia
சிட்னி ciṭṉi

Sydney in Urdu

state capital of New South Wales, Australia
سڈنی siḍnī

Sydney in Bengali

state capital of New South Wales, Australia
সিডনি śiḍoni
More languagesFewer languages
Sydney in Telugu
సిడ్నీ siḍnī
Sydney in Malayalam
സിഡ്നി siḍni
Sydney in Kannada
ಸಿಡ್ನಿ siḍni
Sydney in Punjabi
ਸਿਡਨੀ siḍnī
Sydney in Gujarati
સીડની sīḍnī
Sydney in Odia
ସିଡ୍ନି siḍni
Sydney in Sinhala
සිඩ්නි siḍni
Sydney in Assamese
সিডনি xidoni
Sydney in Arabic
سِيدْنِي sīdnī, سِدْنِي sidnī
Sydney in Persian
سیدنی sidni
Sydney in Thai
ซิดนีย์ sít-nîi
Sydney in Vietnamese
Xích-ni
Sydney in Myanmar
ဆစ်ဒနီမြို့ hcacda.nimrui.

Synonyms of Sydney

Forms of Sydney

pluralSydneys
alternative formSidney

Origin of Sydney

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).

Words formed from Sydney

Phrases with Sydney

Words that rhyme with Sydney

Questions about Sydney

What does Sydney mean?
Sydney means a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia.
What is Sydney in Hindi?
Sydney in Hindi is सिडनी (siḍnī). See Sydney meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Sydney?
Sydney is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Sydney?
Sydney is pronounced [ˈsɪd̥ni] (US).

Words near Sydney in the dictionary

  1. Sydling Water
  2. Sydneian
  3. Sydneians
  4. Sydnesian
  5. Sydnesians
  6. Sydney
  7. Sydney Cove
  8. Sydney funnel-web spider
  9. Sydney funnel-web spiders
  10. Sydney Harbour
  11. Sydney Harbour Bridge

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Sydney (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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