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What is the difference between sidney and sydney?

sidney | sydney | Alternative forms |

Sydney is a alternative form of sidney.



As proper nouns the difference between sidney and sydney

is that sidney is {{surname|from=Anglo-Norman} while Sydney is {{surname|from=Old English}}, a spelling variant of Sidney.

sidney

English

Alternative forms

* Sydney

Proper noun

(en-proper noun) (plural Sidneys )
  • , transferred from the surname. Used since the 18th century; diminutive Sid.
  • , twentieth century usage, more often in the spelling Sydney.

    • Anagrams

    * * English surnames from Old French ----

    sydney

    English

    (wikipedia Sydney)

    Alternative forms

    * (male given name) Sidney

    Proper noun

    (Sydneys)
  • , a spelling variant of Sidney.
  • transferred from the surname.
  • transferred from the surname.
  • A seaport and the state capital of New South Wales, Australia.
  • A former city, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada.
  • Dharuk, an Aboriginal language of Australia.

    • Derived terms

    * (sense) Sydneyite

    Synonyms

    * (language) Darug, Dharug, Dharuk, Dharruk, Eora, Iora, Iyora