Sydney

English

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Alternative forms

• (male given name): Sidney

Etymology

From the French Saint-Denis.

Pronunciation

• enPR: sĭd'ni, IPA: /ˈsɪd.ni/, X-SAMPA: /"sId.ni/

Proper noun

Sydney (plural Sydneys)

1. A surname, a spelling variant of Sidney.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A female given name transferred from the surname.
4. A seaport and the state capital of New South Wales, Australia.
5. A former city, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada.
6. Dharuk, an Aboriginal language of Australia.

Derived terms

• (Australia, Canada): Sydneyite

Synonyms

• (language): Darug, Dharug, Dharuk, Dharruk, Eora, Iora, Iyora

Translations

male given name

• Latvian: Sidnijs (lv) m

• Russian: Сидни (ru) m (Sidni)

female given name

in Australia

• Arabic: سيدني (ar) (sídni) m, سدني (ar) (sídni) m
• Armenian: Սիդնեյ (hy) (Sidney) 
• Belarusian: Сідней (be) (Sídnej, Sidnéj) m 
• Bulgarian: Сидни (bg) (Sídni) m 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 悉尼 (cmn) (Xīní), 雪梨 (cmn) (Xuělí) (Taiwan also)

• Esperanto: Sidnejo (eo)
• Finnish: Sydney (fi)
• French: Sydney (fr)
• Georgian: სიდნეი (ka) (sidnei)
• German: Sydney (de) n
• Greek: Σύδνεϋ (el) (Sýdney) n , Σίδνεϊ (el) (Sídnei) n 
• Hebrew: סידני (he)
• Hindi: सिडनी (hi) (siḍnī)
• Italian: Sydney (it) f
• Japanese: シドニー (ja) (Shidonii)

• Korean: 시드니 (ko) (Sideuni)
• Latvian: Sidneja (lv) f
• Macedonian: Сиднеј (mk) (Sidnej) m
• Navajo: Siidnii
• Persian: سیدنی (fa)
• Polish: Sydney (pl) n
• Russian: Сидней (ru) (Sídnej, Sidnéj) m 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Сиднеј (sh) m

  Roman: Sidnej (sh) m

• Spanish: Sydney (es) f
• Tamil: சிட்னி (ta)
• Thai: ซิดนีย์ (th) (sítnee)
• Turkish: Sidney (tr)
• Ukrainian: Сідней (uk) (Sídnej, Sidnéj) m 
• Vietnamese: Sydney (vi), Sydney (vi)

in Nova Scotia

language — see Dharuk

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• Bulgarian: Сидни (Sídni) m

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French

Proper noun

Sydney

1. Sydney (in Australia)

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Italian

Proper noun

Sydney f

1. Sydney (in Australia)

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsíːdni/
• Tonal: sȋdni

Proper noun

Sydney m inan.

1. Sydney (city in Australia)

Declension

Declension of Sydney (masculine inanimate, soft in -j-)

	singular
nominative	Sydney
accusative	Sydney
genitive	Sydneyja
dative	Sydneyju
locative	Sydneyju
instrumental	Sydneyjem

Related terms

• Sydneyjčan / Sydneyjčanka
• sydneyjski