Perth
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Etymology
From Scottish Gaelic Peairt, from Pictish *ᚚᚓᚏᚈ (pert) 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 (General Australian): (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
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpørt/, [ˈpø̞rt̪] (or as in English)
- IPA(key): /ˈpørth/, [ˈpø̞rt̪h]
- IPA(key): /ˈpert/, [ˈpe̞rt̪]
- IPA(key): /ˈperth/, [ˈpe̞rt̪h]
Proper noun
Perth
- Perth (any place called Perth in English)
Declension
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Perth" is Perthissä.
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
Proper noun
Perth m or f
Portuguese
Proper noun
Perth f
- Perth (a city in Western Australia, Australia)
- Perth (a city in Scotland)
Spanish
Proper noun
Perth f
- Perth
Categories:
- English terms derived from Scottish Gaelic
- English terms derived from Pictish
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Perth
- en:Cities in Perth and Kinross, Scotland
- en:Cities in Scotland
- en:Places in Perth and Kinross, Scotland
- en:Places in Scotland
- en:Cities in Western Australia
- en:Cities in Australia
- en:State capitals of Australia
- en:Places in Western Australia
- en:Places in Australia
- en:Local government areas of Australia
- en:Towns in Ontario
- en:Towns in Canada
- en:Places in Ontario
- en:Places in Canada
- en:Towns in Tasmania
- en:Towns in Australia
- en:Places in Tasmania
- en:Rivers in New Zealand
- en:Places in New Zealand
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Unincorporated communities in Delaware, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Delaware, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Indiana, USA
- en:Places in Indiana, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Kansas, USA
- en:Places in Kansas, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Minnesota, USA
- en:Places in Minnesota, USA
- en:Towns in New York, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Places in New York, USA
- en:Cities in North Dakota, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:Places in North Dakota, USA
- en:Townships
- English surnames
- English eponyms
- Finnish terms derived from English
- Finnish 1-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- French 1-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French feminine nouns
- French nouns with multiple genders
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- pt:Perth
- pt:Cities in Western Australia
- pt:Cities in Australia
- pt:Places in Western Australia
- pt:Places in Australia
- pt:Cities in Scotland
- pt:Places in Scotland
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns