Bathurst

[ bath-erst ]

noun

1. a town in eastern New South Wales, in southeast Australia.
2. a port on the Gulf of St. Lawrence in northeastern New Brunswick, in southeast Canada: summer resort.
3. former name of Banjul.

Bathurst

/ ˈbæθəst /

noun

1. a town in SE Australia, in E New South Wales: scene of a gold rush in 1851. Pop: 27 036 (2001)
2. a port in E Canada, in NE New Brunswick: rich mineral resources. Pop: 16 427 (2001)
3. the former name (until 1973) of Banjul

Example Sentences

He’d just captured his third consecutive Australian V8 Supercars title — winning a record 18 races in 2019 — ticked the Bathurst 1000 off his resume, and he felt there was little left to accomplish racing across the world.

From Seattle Times

Scottish playwright David Harrower, known for the play Blackbird, is the lead writer and Otto Bathurst, who won a Bafta for BBC period crime drama Peaky Blinders, is lead director.

From BBC

The Mustang will be eligible to race on six continents next season, from Bathurst to Le Mans and Daytona to Silverstone.

From Washington Times

Brian Bathurst is a builder by trade but when we meet he is strapped in the back of a coastguard helicopter as it clatters through the dramatic peaks of Glen Coe.

From BBC

This week a fresh inquiry, headed by retired judge Tom Bathurst, concluded there was reasonable doubt over Ms Folbigg's guilt, due to new scientific evidence that her children could have died of natural causes because of incredibly rare gene mutations.

From BBC