New Castle

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noun

a city in W Pennsylvania.

a city in E Indiana.

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Words nearby New Castle

New Caledonia, New Canaan, New Canadian, New Carrollton, New Castile, New Castle, Newcastle disease, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Newcastle upon Tyne, new chum, New Church

Other definitions for New Castle (2 of 2)

Newcastle

[ noo-kas-uhl, -kah-suhl, nyoo- ]

/ ˈnuˌkæs əl, -ˌkɑ səl, ˈnyu- /

noun

1st Duke of. Pelham-Holles, Thomas.

Also called New·cas·tle-up·on-Tyne

[noo-kas-uhl-uh-pon-tahyn, -uh-pawn-, -kah-suhl-, nyoo-]. /ˈnuˌkæs əl əˌpɒnˈtaɪn, -əˌpɔn-, -ˌkɑ səl-, ˈnyu-/. a seaport in Tyne and Wear, in NE England, on the Tyne River: shipbuilding; major coal center.

a seaport in E New South Wales, in SE Australia.

a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada, NE of Toronto, on Lake Ontario.

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How to use New Castle in a sentence

Hilton Stewart Paterson Valentine was born May 21, 1943, in North Shields on the river Tyne near Newcastle.
The Animals guitarist Hilton Valentine dies at 77|Phil Davison|January 31, 2021|Washington Post
Only Wolves, Burnley, Newcastle, and West Brom have worse margins.
The Premier League Race Is Tight. Which Teams Really Have A Chance?|Chadwick Matlin (chadwick.matlin@fivethirtyeight.com)|January 15, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
A team of scientists at Northumbria University in Newcastle, UK, have hit upon a new method for making that determination, involving the measurement of levels of certain proteins in bones.
Scientists ID potential biomarkers to peg time of death for submerged corpses|Jennifer Ouellette|December 26, 2020|Ars Technica
Hell’s Hollow is a national park and trail in New Castle, Pennsylvania, about a mile down the road from my childhood home.
Mushroom Hunting at the End of the World|Danny Palumbo|November 12, 2020|Eater

“It’s a great idea,” says engineer Chris Knight in Newcastle, Australia.
Trees power this alarm system for remote forest fires|Stephen Ornes|October 16, 2020|Science News For Students
We rented a house in New Castle, Delaware, that doubled as our filming location and lodging for the actors.
Nitehawk Shorts Festival: ‘Brute,’ a Twisted Take on Playing in the Dark|Julia Grinberg|November 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So it was that we pacified the wild Orsini, and later a new castle was born phœnix-like from the ashes of the old.
Romance of Roman Villas|Elizabeth W. (Elizbeth Williams) Champney
Then came the Normans, from whose New Castle, built some eight hundred years since, the town derived its present name.
Lives of the Engineers|Samuel Smiles
If I did, we should cause a general immigration of the domestics of the country to New Castle.
Out of the Hurly-Burly|Charles Heber Clark
We wish for quietness, and in New Castle it can be obtained, I think, in a particularly concentrated form.
Out of the Hurly-Burly|Charles Heber Clark
It is difficult to imagine anything more dismal than a rainy day at New Castle, particularly at this late period in the year.
Out of the Hurly-Burly|Charles Heber Clark

British Dictionary definitions for New Castle (1 of 2)

Newcastle¹

/ (ˈnjuːˌkɑːsəl) /

noun

a port in SE Australia, in E New South Wales near the mouth of the Hunter River: important industrial centre, with extensive steel, metalworking, engineering, shipbuilding, and chemical industries. It suffered Australia's first recorded fatal earthquake, in 1989. Pop: 279 975 (2001)

British Dictionary definitions for New Castle (2 of 2)

Newcastle²

/ (ˈnjuːˌkɑːsəl) /

noun

Duke of, the title of Thomas Pelham Holles. 1693–1768, English Whig prime minister (1754–56; 1757–62): brother of Henry Pelham

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Other Idioms and Phrases with New Castle

Newcastle

see carry coals to Newcastle.