newcastle-upon-tyne

1. 1.

   a port city in northeastern England on the River Tyne; a center for coal exports (giving rise to the expression `carry coals to Newcastle' meaning to do something unnecessary)

   SynonymsNewcastle

   Broadercityport

   Part ofEngland

Questions about newcastle-upon-tyne

What does newcastle-upon-tyne mean?

newcastle-upon-tyne means "a port city in northeastern England on the River Tyne; a center for coal exports (giving rise to the expression `carry coals to Newcastle' meaning to do something unnecessary)".

How many syllables are in newcastle-upon-tyne?

newcastle-upon-tyne has 6 syllables: new-cast-le--u-pon--tyne. The stress falls on "u".

What is another word for newcastle-upon-tyne?

Close synonyms include Newcastle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is newcastle-upon-tyne a common word?

newcastle-upon-tyne is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.