Newcastle-under-Lyme

Variant of Newcastle

Newcastle definition

New·castle (no̵̅o̅′kas′əl, nyo̵̅o̅′-; -käs′-)

  1. seaport in Tyne and Wear, N England, north of Leeds: county district pop. 260,000
    in full Newcastle-upon-Tyne New′cas′tle-upon′·-Tyne′ (-tīn′)
  2. city in Staffordshire, WC England: county district pop. 119,000
    in full Newcastle-under-Lyme New′cas′tle-un′der-Lyme′ (-līm′)
  3. seaport in E New South Wales, Australia, on the Pacific: pop. 455,000

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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