# Sydney
## English
### Alternative forms

* (male given name): Sidney

### Etymology

For the surname and given name, see Sidney. The cities in Australia and Canada are named after British politician Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney (1733–1800).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɪd.ni/, enPR: sĭd'ni,
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪdni
* Hyphenation: Syd‧ney

### Proper noun

Sydney (countable and uncountable, plural Sydneys)
* (uncountable) A major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia.
* The City of Sydney, the local government area for central Sydney, New South Wales.
* (uncountable) A seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island.
* (uncountable) An unincorporated community in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States.
* (countable) A surname from Old English, a spelling variant of Sidney.
* (countable) A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

#### Synonyms

* (Nova Scotia): SYD, Syd, Syd. (abbreviation)
* (given name): Syd (diminutive)

#### Derived terms

* (Australia, Nova Scotia): North Sydney
* (Australia): Sydneysider
* (Australia, Canada): Sydneyite
* (Nova Scotia): SYD, Syd, Syd. (abbreviation)
* (given name): Syd (diminutive)

#### Translations
## Afrikaans
### Proper noun

Sydney
* (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
* (uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)

#### Derived terms

* Sydneyer
* Sydneys

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsid.ni]

### Proper noun

Sydney m
* (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
* (uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From English Sydney.

### Proper noun

Sydney
* Sydney (the capital city of New South Wales, Australia)

## Czech
### Etymology

From English Sydney.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsɪdnɪ]

### Proper noun

Sydney n (indeclinable, relational adjective sydneyský)
* Sydney (the capital city of New South Wales, Australia)

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English Sydney.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsidni/, [ˈs̠idni]
* Rhymes: -idni
* Hyphenation: Syd‧ney

### Proper noun

Sydney
* (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
* (uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)

#### Declension

Inflection of Sydney (type risti)
singular
plural
nominative
Sydney
genitive
Sydneyn
partitive
Sydneyä
accusative
Sydney Sydneyn
inessive
Sydneyssä
elative
Sydneystä
illative
Sydneyyn
adessive
Sydneyllä
ablative
Sydneyltä
allative
Sydneylle
essive
Sydneynä
translative
Sydneyksi
abessive
Sydneyttä
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* sydneyläinen
* sydneynsuppilohämähäkki
* sydneyntunneliverkkohämähäkki

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sid.nɛ/, /sid.ne/

### Proper noun

Sydney f
* (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
* (uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)

## German
### Etymology

From English Sydney.

### Proper noun

Sydney n
* Sydney (the capital city of New South Wales, Australia)

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsidni]
* Hyphenation: Syd‧ney

### Proper noun

Sydney
* (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
* (uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)

#### Derived terms

* sydney-i

## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Sydney.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsid.nej/, /ˈsid.ni/
* Rhymes: -idnej, -idni
* Hyphenation: Sỳd‧ney

### Proper noun

Sydney f
* (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
* (uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)

### References

* ↑ Sydney in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Sydney.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɘd.ni/, (nonstandard but common) /ˈsɘd.nɛj/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɘdni, -ɘdnɛj
* Syllabification: Syd‧ney

### Proper noun

Sydney n (indeclinable)
* Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia)
* Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada)

### Further reading

* Sydney in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* Sydney in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* Sidney, Sidnei, Sidney
* Sídnei (given name)

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Sydney.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsi.d͡ʒi.nej/ [ˈsi.d͡ʒi.neɪ̯], /ˈsid͡ʒ.nej/ [ˈsid͡ʒ.neɪ̯]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsi.d͡ʒi.nej/ [ˈsi.d͡ʒi.neɪ̯], /ˈsid͡ʒ.nej/ [ˈsid͡ʒ.neɪ̯]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈsid͡ʒ.nej/ [ˈsid͡ʒ.neɪ̯], /ˈsi.d͡ʒi.nej/ [ˈsi.d͡ʒi.neɪ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈsi.dnɐj/ [ˈsi.ðnɐj]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈsi.dnɐj/ [ˈsi.ðnɐj]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈsi.dnej/ [ˈsi.ðnej]
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /ˈsi.dnej/ [ˈsi.ðnej]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈsi.dne/ [ˈsi.ðne]

### Proper noun

Sydney
* (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
* (uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)

### Proper noun

Sydney m
* a male given name from English, equivalent to English Sydney

## Scots
### Etymology

From English Sydney.

### Proper noun

Sydney
* Sydney (the capital city of New South Wales, Australia)

## Slovene
### Etymology

From English Sydney.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /síːdni/

### Proper noun

Sy̑dney m inan
* (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
* (uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)

#### Related terms

* Sydneyjčan / Sydneyjčanka
* sydneyjski

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Sydney.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈsidni/ [ˈsid̪.n̪ɪ]
* Rhymes: -idni
* Syllabification: Syd‧ney

### Proper noun

Sydney (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜇ᜔ᜈᜒ)
* Sydney (the capital city of New South Wales, Australia)

## Welsh
### Proper noun

Sydney
* (uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)
* (uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)