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Sydney Harbor Bridge

Sydney Harbor Bridge

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A large steel arch bridge that crosses Sydney Harbour and links the city center to the North Shore
  • proper noun
  • US
translation icon : Puente de la Bahía de Sídney
  • Many cyclists enjoy riding across the Sydney Harbour Bridge for its scenic paths and breathtaking scenery.

Examples

  • Thousands of tourists visit the Sydney Harbour Bridge each year to take in the stunning views of the harbor.

  • The best time to see the Sydney Harbour Bridge is on New Year's Eve, when the bridge forms the focal point of the city's fireworks celebrations.

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  • As the new Federal Minister for National Monuments, I would just like to say that places like the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Opera House, in fact, all our national monuments, will be protected vigorously by my ministry.

    Housos vs. Authority (2012)

  • Nicknamed "The Coat Hanger" by Sydney locals because of its arch-based design, the Sydney Harbour Bridge opened in 1932 and is a focal point of Aussie pride and celebrations.

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  • The Sydney Harbour Bridge lights up every night, making it a beautiful sight against the city skyline.

Surface Forms

Sydney Harbor Bridge main

Morphology

Sydney + harbor + bridge

The phrase combines a place name ('Sydney') with two fully transparent geographic nouns ('harbor' + 'bridge'), so a learner who knows the parts can infer it denotes the bridge spanning Sydney Harbour. This is a straightforward compositional place-name construction found cross-linguistically; while cultural fame is additional information, the referential meaning is directly derivable from the constituents.

Etymology

Sydney Harbor Bridge comes from the simple picture of a giant steel arch that stretches across Sydney Harbor. The arch looks like a big rainbow linking the city and the North Shore, so the name means the famous 'bridge' over the water in Sydney.