Perth

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɜːθ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /pɝθ/
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Proper noun

Perth

  1. A city in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland, historically in Perthshire.
  2. The state capital of Western Australia.
  3. A town, the county seat of Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
  4. A town in Tasmania, Australia.
  5. A river in the Southern Alps of New Zealand, a tributary of the Whataroa.
  6. A locale in the United States.
    1. A town in New York.
    2. A city in North Dakota.
    3. An unincorporated community in Delaware.
    4. An unincorporated community in Indiana.
    5. An unincorporated community in Kansas.
    6. An unincorporated community in Minnesota.
  7. A Scottish earldom.

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Finnish

Etymology

From English Perth.

Proper noun

Perth

  1. Perth (any place called Perth in English)

Declension

in Perth = Perthissä (inessive)

Inflection of Perth (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Perth
genitive Perthin
partitive Perthiä
illative Perthiin
singular plural
nominative Perth
accusative nom. Perth
gen. Perthin
genitive Perthin
partitive Perthiä
inessive Perthissä
elative Perthistä
illative Perthiin
adessive Perthillä
ablative Perthiltä
allative Perthille
essive Perthinä
translative Perthiksi
instructive
abessive Perthittä
comitative
Possessive forms of Perth (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person Perthini Perthimme
2nd person Perthisi Perthinne
3rd person Perthinsä

French

Proper noun

Perth ?

  1. Perth (in Australia)
  2. Perth (in Scotland)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Perth f

  1. Perth (a city in Western Australia, Australia)
  2. Perth (a city in Scotland)

Spanish

Proper noun

Perth f

  1. Perth
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