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sydney
/ˈsɪdni/
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What does sydney mean?
proper noun
- A major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia.
- A local government area containing central Sydney, New South Wales; in full, the City of Sydney.
- A seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island.
More meanings (3)
proper noun
- An unincorporated community in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States.
- A surname from Old English, a spelling variant of Sidney.
- A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈsɪdni/
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According to his own account, with the little money he had left he made his way to Sydney, thence to Brisbane.
Comparing the town with Sydney, I was chiefly struck with the comparative fewness of the large houses, either built or building.
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At half-past nine the richest wool-broker in Sydney was sitting in his morning-room at home, settling his breakfast with the morning paper.
“There is a great crowd coming one day into our lives, if that be so,” Sydney Carton struck in, in his moody way.
I was the chief officer of a fine ship, just docked with a cargo of wool from Sydney, after a ninety days’ passage.