Bathurst

English

Etymology

The city in New Brunswick is named after Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (1762 - 1834).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑθ.ɝst/
• Hyphenation: Bath‧urst
• Rhymes: -ɑθə(ɹ)st

Proper noun

Bathurst

1. A surname.
2. An English earldom.
3. A placename:
   1. A city in the Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia.
   2. A city, the shire town of Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada. [From 1826]

      Synonym: Nepisiguit (historical), St. Peters (historical)

   3. A former township in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada, since amalgamated into the township of Tay Valley.
   4. A town in Eastern Cape, South Africa.
   5. (historical) Former name of Banjul, the capital city of the Gambia.

Derived terms

• Bathurst Island

Descendants

• → French: Bathurst

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Bathurst. The city is named after Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (1762 - 1834).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bat.yʁst/
• Hyphenation: Bat‧hurst
• Rhymes: -yʁst

Proper noun

Bathurst m

1. Bathurst (a city in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada). [From 1826]

Derived terms

• Bathurstien, Bathurstienne