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Perth

//pɜːθ// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland, historically in Perthshire.
  2. 2
    The state capital of Western Australia.
  3. 3
    A local government area in Western Australia; in full, the City of Perth.
  4. 4
    A town, the county seat of Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
  5. 5
    A town in Northern Midlands council area, eastern Tasmania, Australia.
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  1. 6
    A river in the Southern Alps West Coast region, New Zealand, a tributary of the Whataroa.
  2. 7
    A locale in the United States.; An unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware.
  3. 8
    A locale in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Dick Johnson Township, Clay County, Indiana.
  4. 9
    A locale in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Sumner County, Kansas.
  5. 10
    A locale in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Blue Earth County, Minnesota.
  6. 11
    A locale in the United States.; A town in Fulton County, New York.
  7. 12
    A locale in the United States.; A minor city in Towner County, North Dakota.
  8. 13
    A locale in the United States.; A township in Walsh County, North Dakota.
  9. 14
    A Scottish earldom.
  10. 15
    A surname

Etymology

From Pictish *ᚚᚓᚏᚈ (pert) meaning “wood, copse, thicket”, related to Welsh perth and perhaps Proto-Celtic *kʷerxtā (from Proto-Indo-European *pérkʷus (“oak”).

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