Meanings
proper noun
- A suburb of Sydney in the Randwick council area, New South Wales, Australia.
Origin
From Matra + -ville, named after James Matra, a midshipman on Captain James Cook's voyage to Botany Bay in 1770.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
Matraville. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Matraville
MLA
“Matraville.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Matraville. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Matraville,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Matraville.
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