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Adelaide1 definition

Ad·elaide (ad′ə lād′)

noun

a feminine name: dim. Addie; var. Adeline, Adela

Etymology: Fr Adélaïde < Ger Adelheid < OHG Adalheidis, Adalheit, lit., nobility < adal, nobility + -heit, noun suffix akin to E -hood

Adelaide2 definition

Ad·elaide (ad′ə lād′)

capital of South Australia: port on the SE coast of the state: pop. 1,076,000

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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