Meanings
alternative Newcastle · alternative Newcastle-upon-Tyne · alternative dated Newcastle on Tyne · alternative dated Newcastle-on-Tyne
- A large city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in northeastern England.
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Similar statements were made in Britain, where the growing white lead industry in Newcastle-upon-Tyne caused waves of illness and even death among women workers: Dr Charles T. Thackrah had early on denounced the serious intoxications linked to the use of lead in industry and described the main symptoms allowing the disease to be diagnosed and patients to be distanced from the source of poisoning (1831), as had Henry Burton, who stated that a greyish coloration of the gums was an unmistakable symptom of lead poisoning, then known as the "Burtonian line" (1840).
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Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA large city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in northeastern England.
Origin
Use of the city's major river to distinguish it from other British places known as Newcastle; most notably Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian Нюкасъл ъпон Тайн
- Нюкасъл ъпон Тайн (Njukasăl ăpon Tajn)city in the county of Tyne and Wear
Chinese Mandarin 泰恩河畔紐卡斯爾 /泰恩河畔纽卡斯尔
- 泰恩河畔紐卡斯爾 /泰恩河畔纽卡斯尔 (Tài'ēn hépàn Niǔkǎsī'ěr)city in the county of Tyne and Wear
Japanese ニューカッスル・アポン・タイン
- ニューカッスル・アポン・タイン (Nyūkassuru apon tain)city in the county of Tyne and Wear
Korean 뉴캐슬어폰타인
- 뉴캐슬어폰타인 (nyukaeseureopontain)city in the county of Tyne and Wear
Latvian Ņūkāsla pie Tainas
- Ņūkāsla pie Tainascity in the county of Tyne and Wear
Lithuanian Niukaslas prie Taino
- Niukaslas prie Tainocity in the county of Tyne and Wear
Russian Нью́касл-апо́н-Тайн
- Нью́касл-апо́н-Тайн (Nʹjúkasl-apón-Tajn)city in the county of Tyne and Wear
Ukrainian Ньюкасл-апон-Тайн
- Ньюкасл-апон-Тайн (Nʹjukasl-apon-Tajn)city in the county of Tyne and Wear
Cite this entry
Newcastle upon Tyne. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Newcastle%20upon%20Tyne
“Newcastle upon Tyne.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Newcastle%20upon%20Tyne. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Newcastle upon Tyne,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Newcastle%20upon%20Tyne.
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