Adelaide

See also: Ādéláidé and Adélaïde

English

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Adelaide (given name)

Wikipedia

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Adelaide, South Australia

Wikipedia

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Adelaide River

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from French Adélaïde, from Old High German Adalheid (from adal (“noble”) + heit (“nature, character”)), modern German Adelheid; doublet of Alice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.də.leɪd/
• (South Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.dɜ.læɪ̯d/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ædəleɪd

Proper noun

Adelaide

1. A female given name from the Germanic languages.
2. Places named for Queen Adelaide, consort of William IV.
   2. The state capital and largest city in South Australia, Australia.
      • 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-2:

        Diana Allers: Breaking now: A city of four million, blasted from orbit. Adelaide, Australia is no more.
        Diana Allers: New footage from Earth reveals the Reapers' plans to attack large industrial centers.
        Diana Allers: Which cities are next? Find out--inside the Battlespace.

   3. A river in the Northern Territory, Australia, known for its large population of saltwater crocodiles.
   4. A town in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Derived terms

• Adelaidean, Adelaidian
• Adelaide Hills
• Adelaide Lead
• Adelaide River (town)
• Badelaide
• Port Adelaide
• Queen Adelaide (hamlet)
• Radelaide

Related terms

• Adela, Adele, Adelina, Adeline, Alice, Alison, Ethel, Heidi

Descendants

• → Greek: Άντελαϊντ (Ántelaïnt)

Translations

female given name

Arabic: آديلايد f (adīlāīd) Catalan: Adelaida (ca) f Dutch: Adelheid (nl) f Faroese: Aðalheiður f Finnish: Aada (fi) French: Adélaïde (fr) f German: Adelheid (de) f Greek: Αδελαΐδα (el) f (Adelaḯda) Hungarian: Adél (hu) Icelandic: Aðalheiður (is) Italian: Adelaide (it) Japanese: アデレード (ja) (Aderēdo), アデライド (Aderaido) Latin: Adelais f Marathi: अ‍ॅडलेड f (a‍ĕḍleḍ) Norman: Délaïde f Occitan: Adelaïda f Old English: Æþelhād Polish: Adelajda (pl) f Portuguese: Adelaide (pt) f Russian: Аделаи́да (ru) f (Adɛlaída) Sicilian: Adilasia f Spanish: Adelaida (es) f

state capital of South Australia

Afrikaans: Adelaide Amharic: አደለይድ (ʾädäläyd) Arabic: أديلايد f (ʔadīlāīd), أديليد f (ʔadīlīd) Armenian: Ադելաիդա (hy) (Adelaida) Belarusian: Адэлаі́да f (Adelaída) Bulgarian: А́делейд m (Ádelejd), Аделаи́да f (Adelaída) Catalan: Adelaida (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 阿德萊德 / 阿德莱德 (zh) (Ādéláidé) Dinka: please add this translation if you can Dutch: Adelaide (nl) n Esperanto: Adelajdo Finnish: Adelaide French: Adélaïde (fr) f Georgian: ადელაიდა (adelaida) German: Adelaide (de) n Greek: Αδελαΐδα (el) f (Adelaḯda) Hawaiian: ʻAkaleka Hebrew: אדלייד Hindi: एडिलेड (eḍileḍ) Icelandic: Adelaide Italian: Adelaide (it) f Japanese: アデレード (ja) (Aderēdo) Kaurna: Tarntanya, Tarndanya Korean: 애들레이드 (Aedeulleideu) Latin: Adelaida f, Adelaidopolis f Marathi: अ‍ॅडलेड (a‍ĕḍleḍ) Occitan: Adelaïda f Persian: آدلاید (âdelâyd) Polish: Adelajda (pl) f Portuguese: Adelaide (pt) f Russian: Аделаи́да (ru) f (Adɛlaída) Serbo-Croatian: Adelaide m Spanish: Adelaida (es) f Thai: แอดิเลด (ae-dì-lâyt) Turkish: Adelaide (tr) Ukrainian: Аделаї́да f (Adelajída)

town in Eastern Cape

Afrikaans: Adelaide Dutch: Adelaide (nl) n French: Adélaïde (fr) f Korean: 애들레이드 (aedeulleideu) Marathi: अ‍ॅडलेड (a‍ĕḍleḍ)

Italian

Proper noun

Adelaide f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Adelaide
2. Adelaide (the state capital of South Australia, Australia)

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

Adelaide

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Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.deˈlaj.d͡ʒi/ [a.deˈlaɪ̯.d͡ʒi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.deˈlaj.d͡ʒi/ [a.deˈlaɪ̯.d͡ʒi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.deˈlaj.de/ [a.deˈlaɪ̯.de]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dɨˈlaj.dɨ/ [ɐ.ðɨˈlaj.ðɨ]

• Hyphenation: A‧de‧lai‧de

Proper noun

Adelaide f (plural Adelaides)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Adelaide

Proper noun

Adelaide f

1. Adelaide (the state capital of South Australia, Australia)

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Adelaide m (no known Cyrillic variant), f

1. Adelaide (the state capital of South Australia)