Adelaide

See also: Ādéláidé and Adélaïde

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Adélaïde, from Old High German Adalheidis (from adal (“noble”) + -heit (“nature, character”)); doublet of Alice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.də.leɪd/, (local) IPA^(key): [ˈæ.dɜ.læɪ̯d]

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Proper noun

Adelaide

1. A female given name from the Germanic languages
2. The state capital of South Australia, named for Queen Adelaide, consort of William IV.
3. A river in the Northern Territory, Australia, known for its large population of saltwater crocodiles.

Derived terms

• Adelaidean, Adelaidian
• Adelaide Hills
• Adelaide River (town)
• Port Adelaide

Related terms

• Adela, Adele, Adelina, Adeline, Alice, Alison, Ethel, Heidi

Translations

female given name

• Catalan: Adelaida (ca) f
• Dutch: Adelheid (nl) f
• Faroese: Aðalheiður f
• Finnish: Aada (fi)
• French: Adélaïde (fr) f
• German: Adelheid (de) f
• Greek: Αδελαΐδα (el) f (Adelaḯda)
• Hungarian: Adél (hu)
• Icelandic: Aðalheiður (is)
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• Italian: Adelaide (it)
• Norman: Délaïde f
• Old English: Æþelhaid
• Polish: Adelajda (pl) f
• Portuguese: Adelaide f
• Russian: Аделаи́да (ru) f (Adelaída)
• Sicilian: Adilasia f
• Spanish: Adelaida (es) f

state capital of South Australia

• Arabic: أَدِيلِيد m (ʾadilīd)
• Armenian: Ադելաիդա (hy) (Adelaida)
• Belarusian: Адэлаі́да f (Adelaída)
• Bulgarian: А́делейд m (Ádelejd)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿德萊德／阿德莱德 (zh) (Ādéláidé), 阿德莱德 (zh) (Ādéláidé)

• Esperanto: Adelajdo
• Finnish: Adelaide
• French: Adélaïde (fr)
• Georgian: ადელაიდა (adelaida)
• German: Adelaide (de)
• Greek: Αδελαΐδα (el) f (Adelaḯda)
• Hebrew: אדלייד
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• Hindi: एडिलेड (eḍileḍ)
• Japanese: アデレード (Aderēdo)
• Korean: 애들레이드 (Aedeulleideu)
• Navajo: Aadeeladii
• Persian: آدلاید (âdelâyd)
• Polish: Adelajda (pl) f
• Portuguese: Adelaide f
• Russian: Аделаи́да (ru) f (Adelaída)
• Serbo-Croatian: Adelaide m
• Spanish: Adelaida (es) f
• Thai: แอดิเลด (ae-dì-lâyt)
• Turkish: Adelaide
• Ukrainian: Аделаї́да f (Adelajída)

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Adelaide f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Adelaide.
2. Adelaide (the state capital of South Australia, Australia)

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Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Adelaide m (no known Cyrillic variant), f

1. Adelaide (city)