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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
Aston Villa kept themselves firmly in the race for Champions League qualification with a statement win over fellow European hopefuls Newcastle United.
The 29-year-old needed just 33 seconds to open the scoring against Newcastle, receiving the ball in the box and finding the net with a fierce shot which deflected off defender Fabian Schar.
The court heard he drove a Hyundai i10 to work at a gym in Newcastle city centre, despite bail conditions ordering him not to.
Newcastle United's victory in the Carabao Cup final means that at worst they will qualify for the Conference League play-off round.
Newcastle have won five Premier League games in a row to surge into third place, but can they continue that run when they visit in-form Aston Villa on Saturday?
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