Sydney

en-proper noun

Sydney (countable and uncountable, plural Sydneys)

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).

named-after

The City of Sydney, the local government area for central Sydney, New South Wales.


Watson

⇒ Translingual: Watsonia

and narrator of the Sherlock Holmes stories

A number of places in the United States:

An electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Arcadia

From Latin Arcadia, from Ancient Greek Ἀρκαδία (Arkadía).

Arcadia
Arcadia (ancient region)
Arcadia (utopia)

A suburb of Sydney in Hornsby Shire, New South Wales.


Liverpool

From Old English Liferpōl, from lifer (“thick water”, literally “liver”) + pōl (“pool”). Compare Old English lifrig (“thick, clotted”, literally “livery”).

A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Liverpool

Liverpool (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)


Liverpool

cs-proper noun

Liverpool m inan (relational adjective liverpoolský)

liverpoolský (adjective relational)
Liverpool (nominative singular)
Liverpoolu (genitive singular)
Liverpoolu (dative singular)
Liverpool (accusative singular)
Liverpoole (singular vocative)
Liverpoolu (locative singular)
Liverpoolem (instrumental singular)


Liverpool

de-proper noun

Liverpool n (proper noun, strong, genitive Liverpools)


Liverpool

pl-prop

Liverpool m inan (related adjective liverpoolski)

liverpoolski (adjective)
Liverpool (nominative singular)
Liverpoolu (genitive singular)
Liverpoolowi (dative singular)
Liverpool (accusative singular)
Liverpoolem (instrumental singular)
Liverpoolu (locative singular)
Liverpoolu (singular vocative)

Unadapted borrowing from English Liverpool.


Rhodes

en-proper noun

Rhodes (countable and uncountable, plural Rhodeses)

Rhodeses (plural)
Rhoades (alternative)
Rhoads (alternative)
Rodes (alternative)
Roades (alternative)
Royds (alternative)
Rhode (alternative)

From rodes, the plural form of Middle English rode, from Old English rod, rodu.
The Rh- form—a 16th century spelling modification—was created by analogy with the unrelated Rhodes, Greece.

A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Canada Bay, New South Wales, Australia.


Como

A suburb of Sydney in Sutherland Shire, New South Wales.


Como

Como (a suburb of Sydney in Sutherland Shire, New South Wales)


Zetland

An inner southern suburb of the City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, named after Thomas Dundas, 2nd Earl of Zetland.


Bondi

"Bondi," originally "Boondi" is an Aboriginal word meaning "water breaking over rocks" or "noise of water breaking over rocks."


Bondi

Bondi (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)


Bondi Junction

/ˈbɒndaɪ ˈdʒʌŋkʃən/


Cumberland

Cumberland
Cumberland (disambiguation)
Cumberland, Maryland

Cumberland City Council
w:Cumberland City Council

A local government area in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; in full, Cumberland City Council.


Croydon

From Old English Crogedene ("saffron valley"), from Old English croh (“saffron”) (< Latin crocus (“saffron”)) + Old English denu (“valley”).

A suburb of Sydney, in the Municipality of Burwood and Inner West council area, New South Wales.


Greenwich

/ˈɡɹinwɪt͡ʃ/

From Middle English Greenwich, from Old English Grēnawīċ, Grēnewīċ (literally “green harbour, green settlement”). Equivalent to green + -wich.
The civil parish in New Brunswick may have been named after Greenwich near London, after Greenwich Village, or after Greenwich Street in Hampstead, New York.


Gordon

The main etymology, associated with Celtic names, is from the Scots surname Gordon, from a place name, but the origin is debated:
* If the English or Scots name is from a Brythonic language (such as Old Welsh or Old Breton), then possibly from a Proto-Brythonic compound such as *gor (“spacious”) + *din (“fort”);
* If the Scots name is itself from English, then possibly from French Gourdon, derived from Gallo-Roman Latin Gordus, from Gaulish *Gordos;
* Otherwise, possibly ultimately from Old English *gor-dūn (“mud hill”) whence a habitational name.

A suburb of Sydney; probably named for British Army officer James Willoughby Gordon.


Gordon

Gordon (nominative singular)
Gordonowie (nominative plural)
Gordona (genitive singular)
Gordonów (genitive plural)
Gordonowi (dative singular)
Gordonom (dative plural)
Gordona (accusative singular)
Gordonów (accusative plural)
Gordonem (instrumental singular)
Gordonami (instrumental plural)
Gordonie (locative singular)
Gordonach (locative plural)
Gordonie (singular vocative)
Gordonowie (plural vocative)

From the personal name Gordian (from Latin Gordianus). Alternatively, from an East Slavic word meaning "proud", e.g. Ukrainian гордий (hordyj), Belarusian горды (hórdy), Russian гордый (gordyj).

Gordon (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)


Darlington

/ˈdɑːlɪŋtən/

-ɑː(ɹ)lɪŋtən

From Middle English Dearnington, Derlinton, from Old English Dēornōþingtūn, supposedly “the settlement of Dēornōþ's people”, from an unclear root + -ing + tūn. Compare Old English dīerling. The transistor configuration is named for its inventor, Sidney Darlington.

A suburb of Sydney in New South Wales; named for either Richard Darling or William Vane, 3rd Earl of Darlington.


Cook

Cook (countable and uncountable, plural Cooks)

Cooks (plural)
Cooke (alternative)
Coke (alternative)

Audio (US)

Audio (AU)

some speakers from Northern England and Ireland

cuck (most accents without the foot-strut split)


Fowler

From fowler. The medical term is named after Dr. George Ryerson Fowler, the German surgeon developer of the position.


Clyde

The name of a river in Scotland, from the Gaelic name Cluaidh, of uncertain origin. Possibly influenced by clut (“the cleansing one”).


Cartwright

Cartwright (countable and uncountable, plural Cartwrights)

Cartwrights (plural)
Catrett (alternative)

English surname, from the nouns cart + wright (“maker, crafter”). As a Dutch surname, variant of Courtwright.
The settlement in Labrador was named by British military officer, entrepreneur and author George Cartwright (1739/1740 – 1819), who established a fish and fur trading business at the location of the settlement.

(uncountable) A placename, from the surname:

A suburb in south-west Sydney, in the City of Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia.


Richards

A suburb of Blacktown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Miller

en-prop

Miller (countable and uncountable, plural Millers)

French: Miller

Translingual: Mill.

English surname, capitalization of miller. Doublet of Muller. Also compare Milner, Millward, Müller, Mueller, Mulder, Molenaar, Muenier, Molinaro, Molinero, Molnár, Mlinar, Mlynarczyk.

A suburb in the City of Liverpool, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Balmoral

A locality in Mosman council area, Sydney, New South Wales.


Newport

en-proper noun

Newport (countable and uncountable, plural Newports)

Port-Neuf

the equivalent of Newport (new port: a new transport hub)

A placename
A locale in Australia.
A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales.


Canterbury

From Middle English Caunterbury, Canterburi, from Old English Cantwara burg.

A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia.


Canterbury

Borrowed from English Canterbury, from Middle English Caunterbury, Canterburi, from Old English Cantwara burh.

Canterbury (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)


Canterbury

Unadapted borrowing from English Canterbury, from Middle English Caunterbury, Canterburi, from Old English Cantwara burh.


Waterloo

/ˌwɔːtəˈluː/

From Middle Dutch, composed of water (“water”) + loo (“sacred wood, forest”). More at water, lea. cf. German Loh. Most places in English-speaking countries are named for the battle.

compound

The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world.

An inner southern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales.


Bangor

From Welsh bangor (“wattle”), from Old Welsh bancor (“wattle”) (sense 1), and from Irish Beannchar (sense 2).

Any of several other places named after the cities in Wales or Northern Ireland.

A suburb of Sydney, in Sutherland Shire, New South Wales, Australia.


Guildford

The root of the first part may be gold rather than guild: the only known 10th-century (Saxon) record uses Guldeford and in the 11th century Geldeford, both equivalent to gold ford. Local historians suggest that this might refer to golden-coloured flowers or sand.

A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Davidson

Տաւիտյան

surname meaning "son of David" in other languages

A suburb of the Northern Beaches of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Sutherland

The name of the county is from Old Norse Suðrland, from suðr (“south”) + land (“land”), named from the point of view of Orkney and Shetland.
In some cases the surname may represent the equivalent formation in Old English.

A suburb and local government area (Sutherland Shire) in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Sutherland

a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia


Barton

From Old English bere (“barley”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure”).

An electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Reid

en-prop

Reid (countable and uncountable, plural Reids)

Reids (plural)
Read (alternative)
Reed (alternative)
Reed (alternative)


Wentworth

en-proper noun

Wentworth (countable and uncountable, plural Wentworths)

From either the Old English byname Wintra, or Old English winter (“winter”) + worþ (“enclosure”).

Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere.


Carlton

From Old English ċeorl (“freeman”) and tūn (“town”). Doublet of Charlton. The alteration of /tʃ/ to /k/ is down to Old Norse influence.

A suburb of southern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Willoughby

Willoughby (countable and uncountable, plural Willoughbys)

From Old English weliġ (“willow”) and Old Norse byr (“settlement”).

Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere:


Waverley

From Old English wǣfre (“restless, wavering”) + lēah (“meadow”), thus "the woodland clearing with swaying trees".

cog

Any of several placenames in several countries:

An eastern suburb and local government area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


McMahon

en-proper noun

McMahon (countable and uncountable, plural McMahons)

McMahons (plural)
MacMahon (alternative)
McMahan (alternative)
McMeans (alternative)

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Mathúna, earlier spelling Mac Mathghamhna (literally “son of the bear”), from Middle Irish mac (“son”) and mathgamain (“bear”).


Granville

The commune of France is from Old French Granville, Grandvilla, Grande Villa, Grandivilla, from grant (“grand”) + ville (“settlement”). The surname is of Norman baronial origin, from Grainville, a former commune in Normandy, from the given name Guarin + ville, meaning “Guarin's town”. Guarin ultimately derives from Proto-Germanic *warduz (“guard”).

A number of places in various countries:

A suburb of Sydney, in the Cumberland council area and City of Parramatta, New South Wales; named for British statesman Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville.


Nelson

Nelson (countable and uncountable, plural Nelsons)

From Middle English Neil + -son and Nell + -son.
* In the United States, also an Anglicisation of North Germanic (Scandinavian) surnames such as Nilsen, Nielsen, and Nilsson, equivalent to "son of Nicholas".


Nelson

From English Nelson, from Middle English.

Nelson (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)


Nelson

Unadapted borrowing from English Nelson.


Nelson

Borrowed from English Nelson, a given name transferred from the patronymic surname (usually after Lord Nelson).


Lindsay

Lindsay (countable and uncountable, plural Lindsays)

Lindsays (plural)
Lindsey (alternative)
Lyndsey (alternative)

From Lindsey in Lincolnshire, from Old English Lindesēġe, Lindesīġe (“Isle of Lind”), the Old English name of the city of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, in which "Lind" comes from the Common Brittonic form of the name of Lincoln and "isle" refers to Lincoln being surrounded by fenland; from Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn (“pool”), from Proto-Celtic *lindos (“lake, liquid”), in reference to the Brayford + Old English ēġ (“island”); cf. modern Welsh llyn and Dublin.


Glenwood

From glen + wood. The town in Newfoundland is named after the Glenwood Lumber Company, which is named in turn after the community in Nova Scotia.

A suburb of Sydney, located in New South Wales.


Hornsby

From places in England, from genitive singular of the Old Norse given name Ormr (“serpent”) + býr (“settlement”).

(location) A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

A local government area in north Sydney, New South Wales; in full, Hornsby Shire.


Tempe

Named for the Vale of Tempe in northern Thessaly, Greece

A suburb in Inner West council area, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Penrith

First element from Cumbric *penn (“head, top, summit”). Suffix probably Cumbric *rıd (“ford”), or possibly Cumbric *rüð (“red”).

A town and western suburb of Sydney, in the City of Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.


Copeland

A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Banks

Banks (countable and uncountable, plural Bankses)


Vaucluse

An eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Vaucluse

Inherited from Latin Vallis Clausa (“closed valley”), from vallis + clausa; compare Occitan Vauclusa.

inh+

Vaucluse (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)


Willmot

From a medieval diminutive form of the given name William.

A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia.


Eastwood

A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Ryde and City of Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia.


Newtown

A locale in Australia.
A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales.


Henley

en-proper noun

Henley (countable and uncountable, plural Henleys)

From Old English hēan, weak dative case of hēah (“high”), + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Compare Hanley, which shares the same etymology.

A place name, including:
A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales.


Paddington

Paddington (countable and uncountable, plural Paddingtons)

From the Old English personal name Padda + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

An inner city area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Putney

From Old English personal name Putta, genitive case Puttan + hȳþ (“landing place”).


Engadine

Engadine, Michigan
Engadine, New South Wales

A southern suburb of Sydney in Sutherland Shire, New South Wales, Australia.


Cheltenham

A suburb of Sydney in Hornsby Shire, New South Wales.


Cowan

Cowans (alternative)
Cowin (alternative)
Cowing (alternative)

An outer suburb of Sydney in Hornsby Shire, New South Wales, Australia. Apparently an anglicization of a Yuin-Kuric word meaning “big water”.


Parramatta

A suburb in western Sydney, in the City of Parramatta, New South Wales.

The Parramatta River, a river in Sydney, New South Wales, flowing through the suburb and into Sydney Harbour.

An electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

An electoral district in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Enfield

From Old English Ēana (given name) or ēan (“lamb”) + feld (“field”).

A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; named for the town in England.


Minto

Refers to the Minto Hills near the Scottish village. A pleonastic compound of Old Welsh minid (“mountain”), from Proto-Brythonic *mönɨð, from Proto-Celtic *moniyos, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to tower, stand out”), and Old English hōh (“hill spur, promontory”), from Proto-Germanic *hanhaz (“heel”), from Proto-Indo-European *kenk-, *kemǝk- (“joint, legbone”). The latter element was added after the meaning of the former had become obscure. Recorded as Munethov in 1166 and Mynetowe in 1296.

der

Any of various places named after an Earl of Minto, including:

A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Bronte

From Ancient Greek βροντή (brontḗ, “thunder”) or Βρόντης (Bróntēs, “Thunderer, name of one of the cyclops”).

A coastal suburb of Sydney in Waverley council area, New South Wales, Australia, named after Bronte House, from the Duke of Bronte.


Ashcroft

en-prop

Ashcroft (countable and uncountable, plural Ashcrofts)

Habitational surname from two minor places in England, from Old English æsċ (“ash tree”) + croft (“enclosed field”).

A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia.


Epping

en-proper noun

Epping (countable and uncountable, plural Eppings)

From Old English yppe (“upland”) + ing (“meadow”).


Epping

Epping (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)


Loftus

A southern suburb of Sydney, in Sutherland Shire, New South Wales, Australia.


Blackett

Blackett (countable and uncountable, plural Blacketts)

A diminutive of the surname Black or a topographic surname for someone who lived by a dark headland, from Middle English blak (“black”) + heaved (“head”).

A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia.


Sackville

Sackville (countable and uncountable, plural Sackvilles)

George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville
Sauqueville

From the Norman habitational surname, from the town of Sauqueville, in Normandy.
The town in New Brunswick is named after British politician George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville (1716 - 1785).
The civil parish is named after the town.

A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia, named after George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville.


Ryde

A suburb and local government area (the City of Ryde) in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, named after Ryde, IoW.


Bexley

From Old English byxe (“box tree”) + leah (“wood”), equivalent to box + -ley (“lea”).

A suburb of Sydney in Bayside council area, New South Wales, Australia.


Freshwater

Northern Beaches
Northern Beaches#English

A northern suburb of Sydney in Northern Beaches council area, New South Wales, Australia.


Haymarket

Any of various placenames, particularly a street in the City of Westminster, London, and the Theatre Royal Haymarket in that street.

An inner suburb of the City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Mascot

A suburb in southeastern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Cromer

A suburb of Sydney in Northern Beaches council area, New South Wales, Australia.


St Ives

* Cornwall: Seen from 1284. From St Ia, a Cornish saint.
* Cambridgeshire: Seen from 1110. From Ivo of Ramsey, a Cornish saint whose relics were found here.
* Dorset: Seen from 1167. 'Place overgrown with ivy' from Old English *īfet. Saint added more recently in reference to other settlements called St Ives.
* New South Wales: Named in 1900, likely from either the Cornish town or after Isaac Ellis Ives, a local politician.

St Ives
St Ives, Cambridgeshire
St Ives, Cornwall
St Ives, Dorset
St Ives, New South Wales


North Shore

/ˈnɔɹθ ˈʃɔɹ/

The municipality in Prince Edward Island is named for its location on the northern shore of the eponymous island.


Palm Beach

A northern beachside suburb of Sydney, in the Northern Beaches district, New South Wales, Australia.


Surry Hills

An inner suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, named after the Surrey Hills in England.


Clovelly

An eastern suburb of Sydney, in the City of Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.


Busby

Busby (countable and uncountable, plural Busbys)

From Old Norse buskr (“bush”) + býr (“homestead, village”).

A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia, named after James Busby.


Charing Cross

/ˌtʃæɹɪŋ ˈkɹɒs/

A neighbourhood of Waverley, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


King's Cross

An inner eastern suburb of the City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Greenway

Greenway (countable and uncountable, plural Greenways)

An electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Raby

Raby (countable and uncountable, plural Rabys)

A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia.


Bradfield

Bradfield (countable and uncountable, plural Bradfields)

From Old English brād (“broad”) + feld (“field”).

An electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Kirkham

Kirkham (countable and uncountable, plural Kirkhams)

From a Scandinvianized form of Old English ċiriċe (“church”) + hām (“homestead”).

A suburb of the council of Camden, south-west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Mount Vernon

An outlying suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Redfern

Redfern (countable and uncountable, plural Redferns)

The suburb is named after surgeon William Redfern (1774–1833).


Westgate

en-proper noun

Westgate (countable and uncountable, plural Westgates)

A locale in Annandale, Sydney, New South Wales.


Manly

English and Irish surname, variant of Manley.

A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Beecroft

Beecroft (countable and uncountable, plural Beecrofts)

A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Parramatta and Hornsby Shire, New South Wales, Australia.


Holroyd

Holroyd (countable and uncountable, plural Holroyds)

Holroyds (plural)
Holroyde (alternative)

English habitational surname from any of various minor places named with Old English holh (“hollow”) + rod (“clearing”).


Wakeley

Wakeley (countable and uncountable, plural Wakeleys)

From the Old English personal name Waca + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).


Flemington

A locality and suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Northwood

A suburb on the North Shore, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Mosman

Mosman (countable and uncountable, plural Mosmans)

A suburb and local government area (Mosman Council) in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


寶活

(Cantonese, local) Burwood (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)


艾士菲

/ˀaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵/

/ŋaːi̯²² siː²² fei̯⁵⁵/

/ˀaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵/

/ŋaːi̯²² siː²² fei̯⁵⁵/

Ashfield (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)


好市圍

/xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵/

/hou̯³⁵ siː¹³ wɐi̯²¹/

/xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵/

/hou̯³⁵ siː¹³ wɐi̯²¹/

Hurstville (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)


車士活

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵/

/t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵ siː²² wuːt̚²/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵/

/t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵ siː²² wuːt̚²/

Chatswood (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)


लिवरपूल

hi-proper noun

लिवरपूल • (livarpūl) m (Urdu spelling لیورپول)

livarpūl (romanization)
لیورپول (Urdu)
लिवरपूल (direct singular)
लिवरपूल (oblique singular)
लिवरपूल (singular vocative)

Liverpool (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)


Smithfield

A suburb of western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


リヴァプール

ja:リヴァプール (曖昧さ回避)


Hillsdale

A suburb of south-eastern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Rockdale

A suburb in southern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Dee Why

From the letters "DY" written on an early map in the location of the present suburb. The original meaning and reason of the letters is unknown.

A suburb of Sydney in Northern Beaches council area, New South Wales, Australia.


Sylvania

From sylvan (“silva, forest”) + -ia.
Compare with sylvan.


Burwood

A suburb and local government area (the Municipality of Burwood) in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Chiswick

en-proper noun

Chiswick (countable and uncountable, plural Chiswicks)

From Old English ċīese (“cheese”) + wīc (“village”); equivalent to cheese + -wick.

A suburb in the City of Canada Bay, Inner West area, Sydney, Australia.


達令港

ㄉㄚˊ ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄤˇ

ㄉㄚˊ ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄤˇ

/tä³⁵ liŋ⁵¹ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tä³⁵ liŋ⁵¹ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Darling Harbour (a harbour and neighbourhood of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)


Sydenham

Sydenham (countable and uncountable, plural Sydenhams)

From Old English sīdan, dative of sīd (“large, spacious, wide”) + hamm (“water meadow”).

(uncountable) A placename:
A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales.


Stanmore

Stanmore (countable and uncountable, plural Stanmores)

Recorded as Stanmere in the Domesday Book, the placename is named with Old English stān (“stone”) + mere (“pool”).

A suburb of Sydney in Inner West council area, New South Wales, Australia.


Gladesville

From Glade + -s- + -ville; named after John Glade, an emancipist.

A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Elderslie

A suburb in Camden council area, south-west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Blacktown

A suburb and local government area, the City of Blacktown, near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Werrington

An outer suburb of Sydney, in the City of Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.


Grasmere

From Old English græs (“grass”) + mere (“lake”); "the lake with grassy shores".

A suburb in the Macarthur Region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Plumpton

Plumpton (countable and uncountable, plural Plumptons)

Plumptons (plural)
Plimpton (alternative)

From Old English plūme (“plum”) + tūn (“settlement, town”). Doublet of Plympton.

A western suburb of Sydney, in the City of Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia.


Seaforth

en-prop

Seaforth (countable and uncountable, plural Seaforths)

A suburb in northern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


St Leonards

St. Leonard's (alternative)
St Leonard's (alternative)


Kings Langley

A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia.


Otford

A town, a suburb of Sydney, in the City of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.


St Clair

An abbreviation of Saint Clair, variant of Saint Clare under influence from French Claire, a calque of Latin Sancta Clara (“holy Clara”), chiefly in reference to Italian Chiara Offreduccio, St. Clare of Assisi. The placenames listed below are typically spelt St Clair—abbreviated without punctuation—following Commonwealth practice.

St. Clair (alternative)
Saint Clair (alternative)
Saint-Clair (alternative)
St-Clair (alternative)
St.-Clair (alternative)

An outer suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Roseville

From rose (“a flower”) + -ville or Rose (“a name”) + -ville.

A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Willoughby and Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales, Australia.


Birchgrove

An inner suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Penshurst

A suburb in southern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Five Ways

A road junction in Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Randwick

A suburb, a local government area (City of Randwick) and racecourse in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Abbotsbury

A suburb in the City of Fairfield, near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Hillside

An area of Glenorie, near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Camperdown

From the naval Battle of Camperdown, fought off Camperduin in the Netherlands.


Sydney Harbour Bridge

A famous bridge in the city of Sydney, Australia.


Emu Plains

A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.


Dundas

en-proper-noun

Dundas (countable and uncountable, plural Dundases)

Dundas
Dundas Castle
en:Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville

The Scottish name is from Scottish Gaelic, from Old Irish dùn (“fort”) + deas (“south”), perhaps via Dundas Castle, while the places in Canada are named after Lord Melville, Henry Dundas, a Scottish politician.

A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Parramatta, New South Wales.


North Sydney

A suburb and commercial district in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, north of Sydney Harbour.

An electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Asquith

en-proper noun

Asquith (countable and uncountable, plural Asquiths)

A suburb in Hornsby Shire, north of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Eveleigh

Eveleigh (countable and uncountable, plural Eveleighs)

Eveleighs (plural)
Eveleth (alternative)

Habitational surname from a lost place in Devon, from the Old English personal name Ifa + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).


St George

A large suburban area, part of the southern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Abbotsford

Named after Abbotsford House, coined by Sir Walter Scott in 1811 after the nearby ford of Abbotsford on the River Tweed, named after the abbey and monks who used the ford.

A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Haberfield

A suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Campbelltown

A town in the larger city of Campbelltown, near Sydney, New South Wales.


Forest Glen

A rural suburb in Hornsby Shire, near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Dulwich Hill

Named after Dulwich in London; "Dulwich Hill" is the name of a Southwark council electoral ward.


Paramata

Kei Paramata, he tāone e tata ana ki Poihākena a Te Mātenga e tanu ana.

Marsden is buried in Parramatta, a town close to Sydney.

Parramatta (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)


Oatlands

A suburb of Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Oyster Bay

A suburb of Sydney, in Sutherland Shire, New South Wales, Australia.


Northbridge

A suburb on the North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Hawkesbury

A local government area, the City of Hawkesbury, located near Sydney in New South Wales, Australia, named after the river.


Westleigh

A northern suburb of Sydney in Hornsby shire, New South Wales, Australia.


Ermington

A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, named after the Devon village.


Lindfield

A suburb of Sydney in Ku-ring-gai local government area, New South Wales, Australia.


Ku-ring-gai

A local government area in north Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Clontarf

A northern suburb of Sydney in Northern Beaches council area, New South Wales, Australia.


Northern Beaches

A coastal area within Northern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Wynyard

An urban area in the central business district of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Ashbury

Ashbury (countable and uncountable, plural Ashburys)

The first element comes from Old English æsċ (“ash tree”), while the second element could be either from beorg (“mountain, hill”) or byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia; a portmanteau of Ashfield and Canterbury.


Canterbury-Bankstown

The city was formed in 2016 on the merger of cities of Canterbury and Bankstown.

The City of Canterbury-Bankstown, a local government area in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Bankstown

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

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


Bayside

Bayside Council, a local government area on Botany Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Liberty Grove

A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Canada Bay, New South Wales, Australia.


Canada Bay

A bay and suburb on the Parramatta River, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Bennelong

An electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Berowra

A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Kingsford Smith

Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport
wikipedia:Sydney Airport

Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport (an airport in Mascot, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia).


Macarthur

A region of Sydney, in the City of Campbelltown, Camden council area and Wollondilly Shire, New South Wales, named after John Macarthur and Elizabeth Macarthur.


Warringah

A local government area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


St James

An area in the central business district of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Inner West

A large suburban area and local government area (Inner West Council) in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Campsie

A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia, named after the parish in Scotland.


St Peters

A suburb of Sydney in Inner West council area, New South Wales, Australia.


St Marys

A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.


Kingsford

A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, named after Charles Kingsford Smith.


Glenfield

A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia.


Lidcombe

Unknown. There is a Lidcombe Hill and Lidcombe Wood in Stanway parish, Gloucestershire, England.

A suburb of Sydney in Cumberland council area and City of Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia.


Narellan

A suburb of Sydney in Camden council area, New South Wales, Australia.


Longueville

A suburb of Sydney in Lane Cove council area, New South Wales, Australia.


Lane Cove

A suburb on the North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Darlinghurst

Darlinghurst (countable and uncountable, plural Darlinghursts)

Taken from the surname Darling + the toponymic suffix hurst (“grove”).
Named in honor of Eliza Darling, the wife of local governor Ralph Darling.

An inner-city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Woolloomooloo

Woolloomooloo (countable and uncountable, plural Woolloomooloos)

From the name of the first homestead in the area. The origin of that name itself is uncertain. Either from the aboriginal term Wallamullah, meaning "place of plenty", or from Wallabahmullah, meaning a "young black kangaroo".

An inner-city eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Rose Bay

An eastern suburb of Sydney, in the Municipality of Woollahra and Waverley council area, New South Wales, Australia, named after George Rose (politician).


Woollahra

An eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Chullora

A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia.


Revesby

A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia, named after Revesby in Lincolnshire, home of Sir Joseph Banks.


Luddenham

A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Penrith and City of Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia, named after Luddenham in England.