Townsville

American  

[tounz-vil] / ˈtaʊnz vɪl /

noun

1. a seaport on the E coast of Queensland, in E Australia.

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Townsville British  

/ ˈtaʊnzvɪl /

noun

1. a port in E Australia, in NE Queensland on the Coral Sea: centre of a vast agricultural and mining hinterland. Pop: 119 504 (2001)

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Example Sentences

The other host cities will be Melbourne, Adelaide, Townsville, Newcastle and Brisbane, which will also stage the 2032 Olympics.

From Barron's

Dyer grew up in a place called Townsville and displayed a performative streak early on thanks, in part, to her father, a lawyer, who moonlighted as a musical performer.

From Los Angeles Times

Yet the issue with weather influencers, Prof Angus notes, is their tendency to scaremonger, as social media weather forecaster Higgins Storm Chasing, also based in Townsville, has been criticised for.

From BBC

He is based in Townsville, the regional centre of an area known for a rain-drenched, hot, humid wet season from January to March.

From BBC

In Townsville, locals woke to grey skies but only drizzle, and the news that predicted flooding levels did not materialise.

From BBC