Perth
English
Etymology
From a Pictish term meaning “wood, copse, thicket”, related to Welsh perth and perhaps Proto-Celtic *kʷerxtā (from Proto-Indo-European *pérkʷus (“oak”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɜːθ/
- (US) IPA(key): /pɝθ/
Audio (AUS) (file)
Proper noun
Perth
- A city in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland, historically in Perthshire.
- The state capital of Western Australia.
- The City of Perth, a local government area in Western Australia.
- A town, the county seat of Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- A town in Tasmania, Australia.
- A river in the Southern Alps of New Zealand, a tributary of the Whataroa.
- A locale in the United States.
- An unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware.
- An unincorporated community in Dick Johnson Township, Clay County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Sumner County, Kansas.
- An unincorporated community in Blue Earth County, Minnesota.
- A town in Fulton County, New York.
- A minor city in Towner County, North Dakota.
- A township in Walsh County, North Dakota.
- A Scottish earldom.
- A surname
Derived terms
Translations
city in Scotland
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city in Western Australia
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Anagrams
Finnish
Declension
in Perth = Perthissä (inessive)
Inflection of Perth (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Perth | — | ||
genitive | Perthin | — | ||
partitive | Perthiä | — | ||
illative | Perthiin | — | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Perth | — | ||
accusative | nom. | Perth | — | |
gen. | Perthin | |||
genitive | Perthin | — | ||
partitive | Perthiä | — | ||
inessive | Perthissä | — | ||
elative | Perthistä | — | ||
illative | Perthiin | — | ||
adessive | Perthillä | — | ||
ablative | Perthiltä | — | ||
allative | Perthille | — | ||
essive | Perthinä | — | ||
translative | Perthiksi | — | ||
abessive | Perthittä | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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French
Pronunciation
- (France) IPA(key): /pœʁs/, /pɛʁs/
- (Quebec) IPA(key): /pɚːt/
Portuguese
Spanish
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