Bathurst

English

Etymology

The city in New Brunswick is named after Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (1762 - 1834).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑθ.ɝst/
  • Hyphenation: Bath‧urst
  • Rhymes: -ɑθə(ɹ)st

Proper noun

Bathurst

  1. A surname.
  2. An English earldom.
  3. A placename:
    1. A city in the Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia.
    2. A city, the shire town of Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada. [From 1826]
      Synonym: Nepisiguit (historical), St. Peters (historical)
    3. A former township in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada, since amalgamated into the township of Tay Valley.
    4. A town in Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    5. (historical) Former name of Banjul, the capital city of the Gambia.

Derived terms

  • Bathurst Island

Descendants

  • French: Bathurst

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Bathurst. The city is named after Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (1762 - 1834).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bat.yʁst/
  • Hyphenation: Bat‧hurst
  • Rhymes: -yʁst

Proper noun

Bathurst m

  1. Bathurst (a city in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada). [From 1826]

Derived terms

  • Bathurstien, Bathurstienne
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