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Perth.

A city in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland, historically in Perthshire.

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Meaning & usage

name/pɜːθ/Received-Pronunciation/pɝθ/US/pɛɹθ/Scotland/pɜːf/

  1. A city in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland, historically in Perthshire.

  2. The state capital of Western Australia.

  3. A local government area in Western Australia; in full, the City of Perth.

  4. A town, the county seat of Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

  5. A town in Northern Midlands council area, eastern Tasmania, Australia.

  6. A river in the Southern Alps West Coast region, New Zealand, a tributary of the Whataroa.

  7. A locale in the United States. An unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware.

  8. A locale in the United States. An unincorporated community in Dick Johnson Township, Clay County, Indiana.

  9. A locale in the United States. An unincorporated community in Sumner County, Kansas.

  10. A locale in the United States. An unincorporated community in Blue Earth County, Minnesota.

  11. A locale in the United States. A town in Fulton County, New York.

  12. A locale in the United States. A minor city in Towner County, North Dakota.

  13. A locale in the United States. A township in Walsh County, North Dakota.

  14. A Scottish earldom.

  15. A surname

Where this word comes from

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

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