Adelaide

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.də.leɪd/
• (South Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.dɜ.læɪ̯d/

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• Rhymes: -ædəleɪd

Adelaide

1. A female given name from the Germanic languages
2. Places named for Queen Adelaide, consort of William IV.
   1. The state capital and largest city in South Australia.
      • 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, 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.

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

• → Greek: Άντελαϊντ (Ántelaïnt)

Adelaide f

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

• Hyphenation: A‧de‧lai‧de

Adelaide f (plural Adelaides)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Adelaide

Adelaide f

1. Adelaide (the state capital of South Australia, Australia)

Adelaide m (no known Cyrillic variant), f

1. Adelaide (the state capital of South Australia)