a city in central Scotland, in Perth and Kinross on the River Tay: capital of Scotland from the 12th century until the assassination of James I there in 1437. Pop: 44 200 (2009 est) a city in SW Australia, capital of Western Australia, on the Swan River: major industrial centre; University of Western Australia (1911). Pop: 1 897 548 (2012)
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Perth
(pûrth),USA pronunciation n.
- Place NamesAlso called Perthshire. a historic county in central Scotland.
- Place Namesa city in this county: a port on the Tay River. 42,438.
- Place Namesa city in and the capital of Western Australia, in SW Australia. 809,035.
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'Perth' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Dunsinane
- Fremantle
- Kinross-shire
- Lord Provost
- Nyungar
- Perth Amboy
- Perth and Kinross
- Perthshire
- Scone
- Swan
- Tayside Region
- Trossachs
- Western Australia
- perthite