New Castle

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noun

a city in W Pennsylvania.

a city in E Indiana.

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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

In this Newcastle Brown Ale ad, gangly British comedian Stephen Merchant posits, ‘What if the Brits won the Revolutionary War?’
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Bars as far as Vancouver and Newcastle, in the U.K., also have sworn to stop serving Stoli.
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I've done a stage show up in Newcastle and the odd day of filming, dramatized documentaries.
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Hailed by some critics in Britain, where Graham is a professor at Newcastle University, it deserves more attention stateside.
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Sister Eugenie, 22, will lose her official guards when she finishes her degree at Newcastle University this year.
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Including Newcastle, there were then in the whole country, only six clubs and now they number one hundred and sixty-eight!
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Already, indeed, a body of Scots had occupied Tyndale, and were pushing down towards Newcastle.
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The hotels, however, are far from first-class, and one would probably be more comfortable at Newcastle.
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Such a traveller might profitably visit first the Museum at Newcastle, where many memorials are preserved.
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Before the close of the year, it found its way from Sunderland and Newcastle to the suburbs of the metropolis.
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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.