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Newcastle
[ noo-kas-uhl, -kah-suhl, nyoo- ]
noun
- 1st Duke of. Pelham-Holles, Thomas.
- Also called ··ٱ-ܱ·Dz-ղԱ [noo, -kas-, uh, l-, uh, -pon-, tahyn, -, uh, -pawn-, -kah-s, uh, l-, nyoo, -]. a seaport in Tyne and Wear, in NE England, on the Tyne River: shipbuilding; major coal center.
- a seaport in E New South Wales, in SE Australia.
- a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada, NE of Toronto, on Lake Ontario.
Newcastle
1/ ˈːˌɑːə /
noun
- a port in SE Australia, in E New South Wales near the mouth of the Hunter River: important industrial centre, with extensive steel, metalworking, engineering, shipbuilding, and chemical industries. It suffered Australia's first recorded fatal earthquake, in 1989. Pop: 279 975 (2001)
Newcastle
2/ ˈːˌɑːə /
noun
- Newcastle, Duke of16931768MEnglishPOLITICS: prime minister Duke of, the title of Thomas Pelham Holles. 1693–1768, English Whig prime minister (1754–56; 1757–62): brother of Henry Pelham
Idioms and Phrases
- carry coals to Newcastle,
- to take something to a place where its kind exists in great quantity.
- to do something wholly unnecessary.
More idioms and phrases containing Newcastle
see carry coals to Newcastle .Example Sentences
Aside from the trip to Newcastle, they will visit Nottingham Forest - currently three points behind in sixth place - on 25 May, the final day of the campaign.
Newcastle, Sunderland and Charlton have also taken points off the league leaders, as have Birmingham, who won last November's reverse fixture 2-1.
"The Otley Run is a lot of fun. It's a classic thing to do when you're in Leeds and all my friends from Newcastle have come."
They are three points ahead of Manchester City in third, but if Newcastle beat Brighton on Sunday that gap will be down to two.
Four clubs - Bristol City, Southampton, Birmingham City and Newcastle United - have participated in the trial for certain games in the latter part of the season.
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