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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024New′ Cas′tle, - Place Namesa city in W Pennsylvania. 33,621.
- Place Namesa city in E Indiana. 20,056.
New•cas•tle (no̅o̅′kas′əl, -kä′səl, nyo̅o̅′-),USA pronunciation n. - Biographical 1st Duke of. See Pelham-Holles, Thomas.
Also called New•cas•tle-up•on-Tyne (no̅o̅′kas′əl ə pon′tīn′, -ə pôn′-, -kä′səl-, nyo̅o̅′-).USA pronunciation a seaport in Tyne and Wear, in NE England, on the Tyne River: shipbuilding;
major coal center. 295,700.- Place Namesa seaport in E New South Wales, in SE Australia. 146,900.
- Place Namesa town in SE Ontario, in S Canada, NE of Toronto, on Lake Ontario. 32,229.
- Idioms carry coals to Newcastle:
- to take something to a place where its kind exists in great quantity.
- to do something wholly unnecessary.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Newcastle /ˈnjuːˌkɑːsəl/ n - 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)
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