Sydney

[ sid-nee ]

noun

1. Sir Philip. Sidney, Sir Philip.
2. a seaport in and the capital of New South Wales, in SE Australia.
3. a seaport on NE Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, in SE Canada.
4. a male or female given name.

Sydney

¹

/ ˈsɪdnɪ /

noun

1. a port in SE Australia, capital of New South Wales, on an inlet of the S Pacific: the largest city in Australia and the first British settlement, established as a penal colony in 1788; developed rapidly after 1820 with the discovery of gold in its hinterland; large wool market; three universities. Pop: 3 502 301 (2001)
2. a port in SE Canada, in Nova Scotia on NE Cape Breton Island: capital of Cape Breton Island until 1820, when the island united administratively with Nova Scotia. Pop: 32 286 (2006)

Sydney

²

/ ˈsɪdnɪ /

noun

1. See Sidney
   a variant spelling of (Sir Philip) Sidney

Sydney

1. Largest city in Australia , located in the southeastern part of the country, surrounding Port Jackson inlet on the Pacific Ocean ; the capital and largest city of New South Wales state; Australia's chief port and main cultural and industrial center.

Notes

Sydney was founded in 1788 as Australia's first settlement for convicts from Britain .

It was the site of the 2000 summer Olympic Games .

Example Sentences

Karin Sowada is an archaeologist in Australia at Macquarie University in Sydney.

From Science News For Students

“You feel like you are living six to eight months ahead of us in Sydney,” said Thomas Schumacher, president of the Disney Theatrical Group, who is based in New York and spent six weeks in Australia supervising “Frozen’s” opening in December.

From Washington Post

Founded in 2007 and based in Sydney, Australia, DesignCrowd built its reputation as a design crowdsourcing platform, allowing users to get proposals from designers around the world.

From TechCrunch

Unilever is collaborating with the University of Technology Business School in Sydney to measure the results of the experiment.

From Fortune

She’s a marine scientist at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.

From Science News For Students

As a cafe in Sydney, Australia came under siege by a hostage-taking gunman on Monday, those nearby attempted to flee the area.

From The Daily Beast

Purely by chance, Anna Coren had landed in Sydney just as the chocolate shop siege began.

From The Daily Beast

The drama transfixed the normally calm Sydney, known for its laid-back vibe and relaxed population.

From The Daily Beast

But Sam more or less managed to stay out of the limelight until he was connected to the star of Sydney White.

From The Daily Beast

At a concert on Friday in Sydney, the acclaimed rapper called out a pair of fans for not standing up at the show.

From The Daily Beast

The writer saw this organ in the builder's factory in London before it was shipped to Sydney.

From Project Gutenberg

We however succeeded in effecting our arrival at Sydney by the 25th, after an absence of 344 days.

From Project Gutenberg

In the first place, I should never carry a novel to Sydney; I should post it from here.

From Project Gutenberg

Sydney is here, and is getting fat and chubby, a delightful little boy, and keeps us all very cheery.

From Project Gutenberg

Hal is not too young to ride a pony soon, though Sydney would be; but then you want a man to keep him well on the lead at first.

From Project Gutenberg