Definition of Adelaide

1. Noun. The state capital of South Australia.

Generic synonyms: State Capital
Group relationships: South Australia

Definition of Adelaide

1. Proper noun. (Germanic female given name) ¹

2. Proper noun. State capital of South Australia, named in honor of Queen Adelaide, wife of King William IV. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Adelaide

Addison
Addison's anaemia
Addison's disease
Addison's syndrome
Addison-Biermer disease
Addisonian
Additions to Esther
Address Resolution Protocol
Addressograph
Addy
Addyman
Ade
Adel
Adela
Adelaide
Adelaidean
Adelaideans
Adelaidian
Adelaidians
Adele
Adelges
Adelges abietis
Adelges piceae
Adelgidae
Adelie
Adelie penguin
Adelie penguins
Adeline
Adeline Virginia Stephen Woolf

Literary usage of Adelaide

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1906)
"B. adelaide, S. Aust., Trans. R. Soc., 27, 1903, (226-227). ... Australia. Lower, С). B. adelaide, S. Aust., Trans. К Soc., 27, 1903, (225,1. ..."

2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1876)
"If Lady adelaide could only be metamorphosed into an ordinary acquaintance—a neighbour even, though not too near at hand— how joyfully would I engage her in ..."

3. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1846)
"Port adelaide is situated in St. Vincent's Gulf, the entrance, to which is 33. 48. SL, and 138. 36. EG The passage through Investigators' Straits, ..."

4. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia by Royal Society of South Australia (1903)
"Gawler place, adelaide. 1904. GRIFFITH, H., Hurtle square, adelaide 1904. ... Lecturer on Chemistry, University of adelaide. 1891. *HOI. ..."

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