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Syd⋅ney

[sid-nee]
–noun
1. Sir Philip. Sidney, Sir Philip.
2. a seaport in and the capital of New South Wales, in SE Australia. 2,876,508.
3. a seaport on NE Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, in SE Canada. 30,645.
4. a male or female given name.

Sid⋅ney

[sid-nee]
–noun
1. Sir Philip, 1554–86, English poet, writer, statesman, and soldier.
2. a city in N Ohio. 17,657.
3. a male or female given name: a family name taken from a French placename, Saint Denis.
Also, Sydney (for defs. 1, 3).
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Syd·ney   (sĭd'nē)   
A city of southeast Australia on an inlet of the Tasman Sea. The largest city in Australia, it is the country's chief port and main cultural and financial center. Population: 4,120,000.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Cultural Dictionary

Sydney

Largest city in Australia, located in the southeastern part of the country, surrounding Port Jackson inlet on the Pacific Ocean; the capital and largest city of New South Wales state; Australia's chief port and main cultural and industrial center.

Note: Sydney was founded in 1788 as Australia's first settlement for convicts from Britain.
Note: It was the site of the 2000 summer Olympic Games.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
sidney

  1. n.
    the hallucinogenic drug LSD. (Drugs. Also capitalized.) : Sidney and I have a little business trip planned.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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