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Newcastle

Newcastle

19 2.7
A city and port in north-east England on the River Tyne
  • proper noun
  • /ˈnjuːkɑːsl/
translation icon : Newcastle
  • Welcome to Newcastle.
  • Newcastle-upon-Tyne
  • Newcastle University
  • Newcastle disease

I wish that we got to go to Newcastle so badly.

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Examples

  • We're going to Newcastle first.

  • I'd go to Newcastle and be happy.

  • So if you were in Newcastle on a Sunday, Yeah.

  • With this that I mean, a young guy coming to Newcastle single, a lot of money.

  • I wish that we got to go to Newcastle so badly.

  • Fine Arts student in his final year of his master's at Newcastle University.

  • If you raise the council tax precept in Liverpool or Newcastle, you get a lot less.

  • It's just, I've got this audition in Newcastle in a couple of weeks.

  • Pauline Proud runs Proud Healthcare Services in Newcastle upon Tyne, and her husband, David, works as a technician.

    Academic text (2015)
  • I grew up in industrial Tyneside near Newcastle upon Tyne, in the northeast of England.

Synonyms

Newcastle upon Tyne
vsNewcastle
3.4

A city and port in the northeast of England on the River Tyne

is the same city but named in a shorter, more common form

Idioms

To do something not needed because there is already plenty of it

Compounds

Newcastle disease
  • Specialized
6.0

A very contagious disease of birds like chickens, caused by a virus that makes them cough and stop moving

A city and port in the northeast of England on the River Tyne

Surface Forms

Newcastle main

Morphology

Newcastle = new + castle (semi-transparent) = new + castle

The compound clearly consists of 'new' + 'castle', but as a place name its modern referent is a city rather than literally a 'new castle', so the meaning is generalized.

Etymology

The word Newcastle comes from the two simple English words New and castle, which mean 'new' and 'castle'. A 'new' fortress was built on the River Tyne and the town grew around it, becoming the city and port known today.