Adelaide

Adelaide

See also: Ādéláidé and Adélaïde

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.də.leɪd/, (local) IPA^(key): [ˈæ.dɜ.læɪ̯d]

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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.
   1. The state capital of South Australia.
      • 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, OCLC 962368035, 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.

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

Derived terms

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

Related terms

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

Translations

female given name

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 (Aderēdo) Latin: Adelais f Norman: Délaïde f Old English: Æþelhād Polish: Adelajda (pl) f Portuguese: Adelaide f Russian: Аделаи́да (ru) f (Adɛlaída) Sicilian: Adilasia f Spanish: Adelaida (es) f

state capital of South Australia

Arabic: أَدِيلِيد‎ m (ʾadilīd) Armenian: Ադելաիդա (hy) (Adelaida) Belarusian: Адэлаі́да f (Adelaída) Bulgarian: А́делейд m (Ádelejd) Chinese: Mandarin: 阿德萊德／阿德莱德 (zh) (Ādéláidé) Dinka: please add this translation if you can Esperanto: Adelajdo Finnish: Adelaide French: Adélaïde (fr) Georgian: ადელაიდა (adelaida) German: Adelaide (de) Greek: Αδελαΐδα (el) f (Adelaḯda) Hebrew: אדלייד‎ Hindi: एडिलेड (eḍileḍ) Japanese: アデレード (Aderēdo) Korean: 애들레이드 (Aedeulleideu) Persian: آدلاید‎ (âdelâyd) Polish: Adelajda (pl) f Portuguese: Adelaide f Russian: Аделаи́да (ru) f (Adɛlaída) Serbo-Croatian: Adelaide m Spanish: Adelaida (es) f Thai: แอดิเลด (ae-dì-lâyt) Turkish: Adelaide Ukrainian: Аделаї́да f (Adelajída)

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Italian

Proper noun

Adelaide f

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

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Portuguese

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.d(ɨ)/ [ɐ.ðɨˈlaj.ð(ɨ)]

• Hyphenation: A‧de‧lai‧de

Proper noun

Adelaide f

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

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Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Adelaide m (no known Cyrillic variant), f

1. Adelaide (the state capital of South Australia)