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Sidney
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Sídney Sydney
English
Etymology
From en ang *Sīdaneġ, the name of a place in Surrey, from ang sīd wide + ang eġ island.
Pronunciation
sĭd'ni, en /ˈsɪdni/
en ɪdni 2
en Sydney
en Sid ney
Proper noun
~ s
en English habitational.
en male,female surnames.
en locale c/Canada.
en town p/British Columbia ; named for nearby Sidney Island, itself for Royal Navy hydrographer Frederick W. Sidney.
en community mun:suf/North Norfolk p/Manitoba.
en locale c/US:
en town co/Sharp County s/Arkansas.
en village co/Champaign County s/Illinois.
en town twp:Suf/Jackson co/Kosciusko County s/Indiana.
en city/county seat co/Fremont County s/Iowa ; named for Sidney, Ohio.
en ucomm co/Pike County s/Kentucky.
en town co/Kennebec County s/Maine ; named for Philip Sidney.
en ucomm co/Putnam County s/Missouri.
en city/county seat co/Richland County s/Montana ; named for Sidney Walters, a 6-year-old early settler.
en city/county seat co/Cheyenne County s/Nebraska ; named for railroad executive Sidney Dillon.
en ucomm twp:Suf/Franklin co/Hunterdon County s/New Jersey.
en town/and/village therein, in co/Delaware County s/New York ; named for British naval officer Sidney Smith (Royal Navy officer) Sidney Smith.en Villages in New York, USA
en city/county seat co/Shelby County s/Ohio ; named for English poet Philip Sidney.
Stephen Starr Haitian immigrants flee Springfield, Ohio, in droves after Trump election win https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/17/haitian-immigrants-springfield-ohio-trump-election 2024-11-17 A sheriff in Sidney, a town 40 miles (64km) north-west of Springfield that is home to several dozen Haitian immigrants, allegedly told local police in September to “get a hold of these people and arrest them”. https://web.archive.org/web/20261018140937/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/17/haitian-immigrants-springfield-ohio-trump-election 18 October 2026
en ucomm co/Comanche County s/Texas.
en ucomm co/Wayne County s/West Virginia.
en ucomm town/Pine Valley co/Clark County s/Wisconsin.
en Cantab slang en Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.
Usage notes
The male given name has been in use since the 18th century, and the female from the 20th. The spelling Sydney is more common for the female given name.
Alternative forms
surname and given name en Sydney
female given name en Cydney Sydnie Sydne
Derived terms
en Sidneyan Sid<qq:diminutive> Sidney Center
Anagrams
en deinsy Disney diynes snidey
Portuguese
Proper noun
f
pt Sydney
Proper noun
m
pt Sydney
Turkish
tr:
Etymology
tr :bor en:Sydney + 1
Proper noun
tr proper noun
tr capital state/New South Wales c/Australia Sydney