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Sydney
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Sidney
English
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Alternative forms
male given name en Sidney Sidny
female given name en Cidnee Cidney Cydni Cydnee Cydnie Cydney Sidnee Sidneigh Sidney Sidni Sidnie Sidny Sydni Sydnie Sydnee Sydneigh Sydny
Etymology
For the surname and given name, see en Sidney. The cities in Australia and Canada are named after British politician Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney (1733–1800).
Pronunciation
en [ˈsɪd̥ni] GA
en En-au-Sydney.ogg AU
en ɪdni 2
en Syd ney
Proper noun
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en Q3130en uncountable en major port city/state capital s/New South Wales c/Australia, and the most populous city in Australia.
en 3 September 2026 Claire Keenan AI data centres are booming in Australia - but at what cost? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgl3we7wdr3o BBC News Sydney Water, Australia's largest water utility, says data centres could use up to 25% of Sydney's drinking water by 2035. 4 September 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20261006104830/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgl3we7wdr3o 6 October 2026
en Q1094194en uncountable en lgarea containing central city/Sydney s/New South Wales the City of Sydney.
en Q932261en uncountable en seaport/and/former city p/Nova Scotia c/Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island.
en Q21020982en uncountable en ucomm co/Hillsborough County s/Florida c/USA.
en countable en Old English, a spelling variant of Sidney.
en countable en unisex surnames.
Scottie Andrew, Leah Asmelash, Harmeet Kaur What has America learned from the Sydney Sweeney situation? We asked the experts https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/02/entertainment/sydney-sweeney-american-eagle-ad-dunkin-drama-cec 2025-08-02 American Eagle released a campaign starring the exceedingly charismatic actress Sydney Sweeney. https://web.archive.org/web/20260221191718/https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/02/entertainment/sydney-sweeney-american-eagle-ad-dunkin-drama-cec 21 February 2026
Synonyms
Nova Scotia en SYD, en Syd, en Syd. abbreviation
given name en Syd diminutive
Derived terms
Australia Nova Scotia en North Sydney
Australian places en Sydney Olympic Park, en City of Sydney, en Sydney Cove, en Sydney Harbour, en Sydders slang, en Shitney slang
Australia en Sydneysider, en Sydneian, en Sydnesian, en Sydneyan, en Sydney flatwing, en Sydney sandstone
Australia Canada en Sydneyite
Nova Scotia en SYD, en Syd, en Syd. abbreviation
given name en Syd diminutive
Translations
state capital of New South Wales, Australia
Afrikaans: af Sydney
Arabic: ar سِيدْنِي f, ar سِدْنِي f
Armenian: hy Սիդնեյ
Assamese: as সিডনি
Belarusian: be Сі́дней m, be Сідне́й m
Bengali: bn সিডনি
Bulgarian: bg Си́дни m
Burmese: my ဆစ်ဒနီမြို့
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 悉尼, also Taiwan cmn 雪梨
Dinka: din Sidnee
Dutch: nl Sydney n
Esperanto: eo Sidnejo
Finnish: fi Sydney
French: fr Sydney f
Georgian: ka სიდნეი
German: de Sydney n
Greek: el Σύδνεϋ n, el Σίδνεϊ n
Gujarati: gu સીડની
Hawaiian: haw Hini
Hebrew: he סִידְנִי f sídni
Hindi: hi सिडनी m
Hungarian: hu Sydney
Irish: ga Sidní
Italian: it Sydney f
Japanese: ja シドニー Shidonī
Kannada: kn ಸಿಡ್ನಿ
Khmer: km ស៊ីដនីយ៏
Korean: ko ^시드니
Lao: lo ສິດນີ
Latvian: lv Sidneja f
Lithuanian: lt Sidnėjus m
Macedonian: mk Сиднеј m
Malayalam: ml സിഡ്നി
Māori: mi Poihākena
Odia: or ସିଡ୍ନି
Persian: fa سیدنی sidni
Polish: pl Sydney n
Portuguese: pt Sydney f, pt Sidney f
Punjabi: pa ਸਿਡਨੀ
Rarotongan: rar Tene
Russian: ru Си́дней m, ru Сидне́й m
Samoan: sm Sini
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Сиднеј m
Latin: sh Sidnej m
Sinhalese: si සිඩ්නි
Spanish: es Sídney
Swedish: sv Sydney n
Tamil: ta சிட்னி
Telugu: te సిడ్నీ
Thai: th ซิดนีย์
Tibetan: bo སིད་ནི་
Tongan: to Senē
Turkish: tr Sidney
Ukrainian: uk Сі́дней m, uk Сідне́й m
Urdu: ur سڈنی m siḍnī
Vietnamese: vi Xích-ni
urban community in Nova Scotia, Canada
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 悉尼 Xīní
German: de Sydney
Korean: ko 시드니 sideuni
Portuguese: pt Sydney f
Russian: ru Си́дней m, ru Сидне́й m, ru Си́дни m
male given name
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 悉尼, cmn 西德尼 Xīdéní
Latvian: lv Sidnijs m
Portuguese: pt Sidney m, pt Sídnei m, pt Sidnei m, pt Sydney m
Russian: ru Си́дни m
female given name
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 悉妮, cmn 西德妮 Xīdéní
en eponyms
Afrikaans
af:
Proper noun
af Sydney Q3130,Q932261
Derived terms
af Sydneyer
af Sydneys
Catalan
ca:
Pronunciation
[ey:i]
Proper noun
m
ca Sydney Q3130,Q932261
Cebuano
ceb:
Etymology
ceb :der en:Sydney + 1
Proper noun
ceb proper noun
ceb capital city s/New South Wales c/Australia Sydney
ceb Sydney
Czech
cs:
Etymology
cs :der en:Sydney + 1
Pronunciation
sidny
Proper noun
n 1 sydneyský
cs capital city s/New South Wales c/Australia Sydney
cs Sydney
Finnish
fi:
Etymology
From fi en Sydney.
Pronunciation
sidni Syd.ney
Proper noun
fi Sydney Q3130,Q932261
Declension
risti Sydney Sydneyn Sydneyä Sydneyssä Sydneystä Sydneyyn Sydneyllä Sydneyltä Sydneylle Sydneynä Sydneyksi Sydneyttä
Derived terms
fi sydneyläinen
fi compounds sydneynsuppilohämähäkki sydneyntunneliverkkohämähäkki
French
fr:
Pronunciation
Sidnei Sidné
Proper noun
f
fr Sydney Q3130,Q932261
German
de:
Etymology
From de en Sydney.
Pronunciation
de De-Sydney.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
de proper noun n
de capital city s/New South Wales c/Australia Sydney
de Sydney
Hungarian
hu:
Pronunciation
szidni
hu Syd ney
Proper noun
hu proper noun
hu Sydney Q3130,Q932261
Declension
Sydney- e sgSydney- j sg
Derived terms
hu sydney-i
Italian
it:
Etymology
it en Sydney.
Pronunciation
Sỳdney,Sỳdni<r:DiPI>
Proper noun
f
it Sydney Q3130,Q932261
References
Polish
pl:
thumb|Sydney
Etymology
pl :ubor en:Sydney + 1
Pronunciation
sydn-i,sydnej<a:nonstandard but common> LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-Sydney.wav Syd.ney
Proper noun
n 1
pl major port city/state capital s/New South Wales c/Australia Sydney
pl seaport/and/former city p/Nova Scotia c/Canada Sydney
Further reading
pl exonyms
Portuguese
pt:
Alternative forms
pt Sidney Sidnei Sidney
pt Sídnei given name
Etymology
pt :ubor en:Sydney + 1
Pronunciation
Sídi^nei
Proper noun
f
pt Sydney Q3130,Q932261 1
Proper noun
m
pt male Sydney English
Scots
sco:
Etymology
From sco en Sydney.
Proper noun
sco proper noun
sco capital city s/New South Wales c/Australia Sydney
sco Sydney
Slovene
sl:
Etymology
From sl en Sydney.
Pronunciation
Sȋdni
Proper noun
Sy̑dney m-in
sl Sydney Q3130,Q932261
Declension
Sydney Sydneyj sg 1
Related terms
sl Sydneyjčan / sl Sydneyjčanka
sl sydneyjski
Tagalog
tl:
Etymology
tl :bor en:Sydney + 1
Pronunciation
Sydni Syd.ney
Proper noun
Sidni
tl capital city s/New South Wales c/Australia Sydney
tl Sydney
Welsh
cy:
Proper noun
cy proper noun
cy Sydney Q3130,Q932261