New Castle


noun
  1. a city in W Pennsylvania.

  2. a city in E Indiana.

Other definitions for Newcastle (2 of 2)

Newcastle
[ noo-kas-uhl, -kah-suhl, nyoo- ]

noun
  1. 1st Duke of. Pelham-Holles, Thomas.

  2. Also called New·cas·tle-up·on-Tyne [noo-kas-uhl-uh-pon-tahyn, -uh-pawn-, -kah-suhl-, nyoo-]. /ˈnuˌkæs əl əˌpɒnˈtaɪn, -əˌpɔn-, -ˌkɑ səl-, ˈnyu-/. a seaport in Tyne and Wear, in NE England, on the Tyne River: shipbuilding; major coal center.

  1. a seaport in E New South Wales, in SE Australia.

  2. a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada, NE of Toronto, on Lake Ontario.

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British Dictionary definitions for Newcastle (1 of 2)

Newcastle1

/ (ˈnjuːˌkɑːsəl) /


noun
  1. a port in SE Australia, in E New South Wales near the mouth of the Hunter River: important industrial centre, with extensive steel, metalworking, engineering, shipbuilding, and chemical industries. It suffered Australia's first recorded fatal earthquake, in 1989. Pop: 279 975 (2001)

British Dictionary definitions for Newcastle (2 of 2)

Newcastle2

/ (ˈnjuːˌkɑːsəl) /


noun
  1. Duke of, the title of Thomas Pelham Holles. 1693–1768, English Whig prime minister (1754–56; 1757–62): brother of Henry Pelham

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Other Idioms and Phrases with New Castle

New Castle

see carry coals to Newcastle.

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