Sydney

See also: Sidney

English

Alternative forms

• (male given name): Sidney

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪd.ni/, enPR: sĭd'ni,

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɪdni
• Hyphenation: Syd‧ney

Proper noun

Sydney (countable and uncountable, plural Sydneys)

2. (uncountable) A major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia.
4. (uncountable) A local government area containing central Sydney, New South Wales; in full, the City of Sydney.
6. (uncountable) A seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island.
8. (uncountable) An unincorporated community in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States.
9. (countable) A surname from Old English, a spelling variant of Sidney.
10. (countable) A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
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Synonyms

• (Nova Scotia): SYD, Syd, Syd. (abbreviation)
• (given name): Syd (diminutive)

Derived terms

• (Australia, Nova Scotia): North Sydney
• (Australia): Sydneysider
• (Australia, Canada): Sydneyite
• (Nova Scotia): SYD, Syd, Syd. (abbreviation)
• (given name): Syd (diminutive)

Translations

state capital of New South Wales, Australia

• Afrikaans: Sydney
• Arabic: سِيدْنِي f (sīdnī), سِدْنِي f (sidnī)
• Armenian: Սիդնեյ (Sidney)
• Assamese: সিডনি (xidoni)
• Belarusian: Сі́дней m (Sídnjej), Сідне́й m (Sidnjéj)
• Bengali: সিডনি (śiḍoni)
• Bulgarian: Си́дни m (Sídni)
• Burmese: ဆစ်ဒနီမြို့ (hcacda.nimrui.)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 悉尼 (zh) (Xīní), (also Taiwan) 雪梨 (zh) (xuělí)

• Dinka: Sidnee
• Dutch: Sydney (nl) n
• Esperanto: Sidnejo
• Finnish: Sydney (fi)
• French: Sydney (fr) f
• Georgian: სიდნეი (sidnei)
• German: Sydney (de) n
• Greek: Σύδνεϋ n (Sýdneÿ), Σίδνεϊ n (Sídneï)
• Gujarati: સીડની (sīḍnī)
• Hawaiian: Hini
• Hebrew: סִידְנִי (he) f (sídni)
• Hindi: सिडनी m (siḍnī)
• Hungarian: Sydney (hu)
• Irish: Sidní
• Italian: Sydney (it) f
• Japanese: シドニー (ja) (Shidonī)
• Kannada: ಸಿಡ್ನಿ (siḍni)
• Khmer: ស៊ីដនីយ៏ (siitnii)
• Korean: 시드니 (ko) (Sideuni)
• Lao: ສິດນີ (sit nī)
• Latvian: Sidneja f
• Lithuanian: Sidnėjus m
• Macedonian: Сиднеј m (Sidnej)
• Malayalam: സിഡ്നി (siḍni)
• Maori: Poihākena
• Odia: ସିଡ୍ନି (siḍni)
• Persian: سیدنی (sidni)
• Polish: Sydney (pl) n
• Portuguese: Sydney f, Sidney f
• Punjabi: ਸਿਡਨੀ (siḍnī)
• Rarotongan: Tene
• Russian: Си́дней (ru) m (Sídnej), Сидне́й (ru) m (Sidnéj)
• Samoan: Sini
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Сиднеј m

  Roman: Sidnej m

• Sinhalese: සිඩ්නි (siḍni)
• Spanish: Sídney (es)
• Swedish: Sydney n
• Tamil: சிட்னி (ciṭṉi)
• Telugu: సిడ్నీ (siḍnī)
• Thai: ซิดนีย์ (sít-nîi)
• Tibetan: སིད་ནི་ (sid ni)
• Tongan: Senē
• Turkish: Sidney
• Ukrainian: Сі́дней m (Sídnej), Сідне́й m (Sidnéj)
• Urdu: سڈنی m (siḍnī)
• Vietnamese: Xích-ni

urban community in Nova Scotia, Canada

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 悉尼 (zh) (Xīní)

• German: Sydney (de)
• Korean: 시드니 (ko) (sideuni)
• Portuguese: Sydney f
• Russian: Си́дней (ru) m (Sídnej), Сидне́й (ru) m (Sidnéj), Си́дни m (Sídni)

male given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 悉尼 (zh) (Xīní), 西德尼 (zh) (Xīdéní)

• Latvian: Sidnijs m
• Portuguese: Sidney m, Sídnei m, Sidnei m, Sydney m
• Russian: Си́дни m (Sídni)

female given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 悉妮 (Xīní), 西德妮 (Xīdéní)

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Sydney

1. (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
2. (uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)

Derived terms

• Sydneyer
• Sydneys

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsid.ni]

Proper noun

Sydney m

1. (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
2. (uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Sydney.

Proper noun

Sydney

1. Sydney (the capital city of New South Wales, Australia)

Czech

Etymology

From English Sydney.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɪdnɪ]

Proper noun

Sydney n (indeclinable, relational adjective sydneyský)

1. Sydney (the capital city of New South Wales, Australia)

Finnish

Etymology

From English Sydney.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsidni/, [ˈs̠idni]
• Rhymes: -idni
• Syllabification^(key): Syd‧ney
• Hyphenation^(key): Syd‧ney

Proper noun

Sydney

1. (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
2. (uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)

Declension

Inflection of Sydney (type risti) singular plural nominative Sydney – genitive Sydneyn – partitive Sydneyä – accusative Sydney Sydneyn – inessive Sydneyssä – elative Sydneystä – illative Sydneyyn – adessive Sydneyllä – ablative Sydneyltä – allative Sydneylle – essive Sydneynä – translative Sydneyksi – abessive Sydneyttä – instructive – – comitative – –

Derived terms

• sydneyläinen

compounds

• sydneynsuppilohämähäkki
• sydneyntunneliverkkohämähäkki

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sid.nɛ/, /sid.ne/

Proper noun

Sydney f

1. (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
2. (uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)

German

Etymology

From English Sydney.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Sydney n

1. Sydney (the capital city of New South Wales, Australia)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsidni]
• Hyphenation: Syd‧ney

Proper noun

Sydney

1. (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
2. (uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Sydney	—
accusative	Sydney-t	—
dative	Sydney-nek	—
instrumental	Sydney-vel	—
causal-final	Sydney-ért	—
translative	Sydney-vé	—
terminative	Sydney-ig	—
essive-formal	Sydney-ként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Sydney-ben	—
superessive	Sydney-n	—
adessive	Sydney-nél	—
illative	Sydney-be	—
sublative	Sydney-re	—
allative	Sydney-hez	—
elative	Sydney-ből	—
delative	Sydney-ről	—
ablative	Sydney-től	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	Sydney-é	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	Sydney-éi	—

Possessive forms of Sydney

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Sydney-m	—
2nd person sing.	Sydney-d	—
3rd person sing.	Sydney-je	—
1st person plural	Sydney-nk	—
2nd person plural	Sydney-tek	—
3rd person plural	Sydney-jük	—

Derived terms

• sydney-i

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Sydney.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsid.nej/, /ˈsid.ni/
• Rhymes: -idnej, -idni
• Hyphenation: Sỳd‧ney

Proper noun

Sydney f

1. (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
2. (uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)

Polish

Sydney

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Sydney.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɘd.ni/, (nonstandard but common) /ˈsɘd.nɛj/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɘdni, -ɘdnɛj
• Syllabification: Syd‧ney

Proper noun

Sydney n (indeclinable)

1. Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia)
2. Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada)

Further reading

• Sydney in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Sydney in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Sidney, Sidnei, Sidney
• Sídnei (given name)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Sydney.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.d͡ʒi.nej/ [ˈsi.d͡ʒi.neɪ̯], /ˈsid͡ʒ.nej/ [ˈsid͡ʒ.neɪ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.d͡ʒi.nej/ [ˈsi.d͡ʒi.neɪ̯], /ˈsid͡ʒ.nej/ [ˈsid͡ʒ.neɪ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsid͡ʒ.nej/ [ˈsid͡ʒ.neɪ̯], /ˈsi.d͡ʒi.nej/ [ˈsi.d͡ʒi.neɪ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.dnɐj/ [ˈsi.ðnɐj]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.dnɐj/ [ˈsi.ðnɐj]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.dnej/ [ˈsi.ðnej]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.dnej/ [ˈsi.ðnej]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.dne/ [ˈsi.ðne]

Proper noun

Sydney ?

1. (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
2. (uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)

Proper noun

Sydney m

1. a male given name from English, equivalent to English Sydney

Scots

Etymology

From English Sydney.

Proper noun

Sydney

1. Sydney (the capital city of New South Wales, Australia)

Slovene

Etymology

From English Sydney.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /síːdni/

Proper noun

Sy̑dney m inan

1. (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
2. (uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nominative	Sydney
genitive	Sydneyja
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Sydney
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Sydneyja
dative (dajȃlnik)	Sydneyju
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Sydney
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Sydneyju
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Sydneyjem

Related terms

• Sydneyjčan / Sydneyjčanka
• sydneyjski

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Sydney.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsidni/ [ˈsid̪.n̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -idni
• Syllabification: Syd‧ney

Proper noun

Sydney (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜇ᜔ᜈᜒ)

1. Sydney (the capital city of New South Wales, Australia)

Welsh

Proper noun

Sydney

1. (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
2. (uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)