Adelaide

[ ad-l-eyd ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of South Australia, in Australia.
2. a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “nobility.”

Adelaide

/ ˈædɪˌleɪd /

noun

1. the capital of South Australia: Port Adelaide, 11 km (7 miles) away on St Vincent Gulf, handles the bulk of exports. Pop: 1 002 127 (2001)

Example Sentences

"It's such an interesting site, and the fact that it is referred to in medieval sources—when other, larger monuments aren't—demonstrates it was a significant site, too," co-author Erin Sebo of Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia, told Ars.

From Ars Technica

Local council closures of public playgrounds in the early days of lockdown drove many Adelaide parents to the edge.

From Ozy

Their event was the only tuneup competition held in Adelaide.

From Washington Post

That success, and the risk that players and their entourages invite, led players to thank the crowd in Adelaide.

From Washington Post

She studies physical activity and bone health at the University of South Australia in Adelaide.

From Science News For Students

Charlotte Marshall, a privately practicing clinical psychologist in Adelaide, South Australia echoed Harper.

From The Daily Beast

Adelaide isn't just a doll letting things happen to her, she's a complicated and centered character with a lot at stake.

From The Daily Beast

They are, from left to right, Perth (bottom left corner), Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane.

From The Daily Beast

Adelaide (Jamie Brewer) on American Horror Story, episode 104, “Halloween Part 1”

From The Daily Beast

Adelaide, who just wanted to be a pretty girl, deserved so much better than life gave her.

From The Daily Beast

The acting of Adelaide Ristori made a profound impression upon Tchaikovsky.

From Project Gutenberg

In a series of lightning raids Port Adelaide police have arrested six teenagers who they claim are members of a sex cult.

From Project Gutenberg

Now, my dear Adelaide, dismiss from your mind the least idea of fault upon your side; nothing is further from the fact.

From Project Gutenberg

And the wife provided for him by the eternal fitness of things was Adelaide Birkett.

From Project Gutenberg

Adelaide smiled, not broadly, not hilariously, only to the exact shade demanded by conversational sympathy.

From Project Gutenberg