Adelaide

American  

[ad-l-eyd] / ˈæd lˌeɪd /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of South Australia, in Australia.

2. a first name: from a Germanic word meaning “nobility.”

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Adelaide British  

/ ˈædɪˌleɪd /

noun

1. the capital of South Australia: Port Adelaide, 11 km (7 miles) away on St Vincent Gulf, handles the bulk of exports. Pop: 1 002 127 (2001)

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Adelaide

In a complaint filed in New York, Canadian judge Kimberly Prost, Uganda's Solomy Balungi Bossa and Benin's Reine Adelaide Sophie Alapini-Gansou said the sanctions were intended to "exert extrajudicial pressure."

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

Raised in Adelaide, Bird was no stranger to horror, having made a scene-stealing turn in the Philippou brothers’ teen possession hit “Talk to Me” when he was 15.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

"The present-day relief of Central Asia was largely built by the India-Eurasia collision and ongoing convergence," said co-author Associate Professor Stijn Glorie, from Adelaide University's School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences.

From Science Daily ● May 18, 2026

However, she has not played since withdrawing from the Adelaide International in January with shoulder pain.

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026

Then Adelaide stood in front of Hazel, positioned her own feet, stuck her arm in the air in an arc like a swan’s neck, and bent her legs so she slowly dropped toward the ground.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu