English Explanatory Dictionary

Perth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland, historically in Perthshire.
  2. The state capital of Western Australia.
  3. A local government area in Western Australia; in full, the City of Perth.
  4. A town, the county seat of Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
  5. A town in Northern Midlands council area, eastern Tasmania, Australia.
  6. A river in the Southern Alps West Coast region, New Zealand, a tributary of the Whataroa.
  7. A locale in the United States.
  8. An unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware.
  9. An unincorporated community in Dick Johnson Township, Clay County, Indiana.
  10. An unincorporated community in Sumner County, Kansas.
  11. An unincorporated community in Blue Earth County, Minnesota.
  12. A town in Fulton County, New York.

Pronunciation

/pɜːθ/ /pɝθ/ /pɛɹθ/ En-au-Perth.ogg

Word forms

Perth

Etymology

From Pictish *ᚚᚓᚏᚈ (pert) meaning “wood, copse, thicket”, related to Welsh perth and perhaps Proto-Celtic *kʷerxtā (from Proto-Indo-European *pérkʷus (“oak”).

Derived words

North Perth packing for Perth Perth Amboy Perth and Kinross Perth County Perth East Perthian Perthite Perthonality Perthshire Perth South South Perth West Perth

Translations

Arabic: بِيرْث Armenian: Պերտ Belarusian: Перт Bulgarian: Пърт Chinese Mandarin: 佩斯 Chinese Mandarin: 珀斯 Chinese Mandarin: 柏斯 Dutch: Perth Esperanto: Perto Finnish: Perth French: Perth Georgian: პერთი German: Perth Greek: Περθ Hebrew: פרת׳ Hindi: पर्थ Japanese: パース Korean: 퍼스 Macedonian: Перт Māori: Peraha Nhanda: Parata Nyunga: Boorloo Persian: پرث Polish: Perth Portuguese: Perth Romanian: Perth Russian: Перт Scots: Perth Scottish Gaelic: Peairt Spanish: Perth Thai: เพิร์ท Ukrainian: Перт Vietnamese: Perth
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