Perth

P3E1R1T1H4
UK/pɜːθ/US/pɝθ/Scotland/pɛɹθ//pɜːf/

proper noun

A city in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland, historically in Perthshire.

OriginPictish *ᚚᚓᚏᚈ →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A city in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland, historically in Perthshire.
  2. The state capital of Western Australia.
  3. A local government area in Western Australia; in full, the City of Perth.
  4. A town, the county seat of Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
  5. A town in Northern Midlands council area, eastern Tasmania, Australia.
  6. A river in the Southern Alps West Coast region, New Zealand, a tributary of the Whataroa.
  7. A locale in the United States.
    1. An unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware.
    2. An unincorporated community in Dick Johnson Township, Clay County, Indiana.
    3. An unincorporated community in Sumner County, Kansas.
    4. An unincorporated community in Blue Earth County, Minnesota.
    5. A town in Fulton County, New York.
    6. A minor city in Towner County, North Dakota.
    7. A township in Walsh County, North Dakota.
  8. A Scottish earldom.
  9. A surname

Origin

  1. Pictish*ᚚᚓᚏᚈ
  2. EnglishPerth

From Pictish *ᚚᚓᚏᚈ (pert) meaning “wood, copse, thicket”, related to Welsh perth and perhaps Proto-Celtic *kʷerxtā (from Proto-Indo-European *pérkʷus (“oak”).

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Translations

Arabic بِيرْث, بِيرْث
  • بِيرْث (birṯ)city in Scotland
  • بِيرْث (birṯ)city in Western Australia
Bulgarian Пърт
  • Пърт (Părt)city in Western Australia
Chinese Mandarin 佩斯, 珀斯
  • 佩斯 (Pèisī)city in Scotland
  • 珀斯 (Pòsī)city in Scotland
  • 珀斯 (Pòsī)city in Western Australia
  • 柏斯 (Bósī)city in Western Australia
Dutch Perth, Perth
  • Perthcity in Scotland
  • Perthcity in Western Australia
Esperanto Perto
  • Pertocity in Western Australia
Finnish Perth, Perth
  • Perthcity in Scotland
  • Perthcity in Western Australia
French Perth, Perth
  • Perthcity in Scotland
  • Perthcity in Western Australia
German Perth, Perth
  • Perthcity in Scotland
  • Perthcity in Western Australia
Greek Περθ, Περθ
  • Περθ (Perth)city in Scotland
  • Περθ (Perth)city in Western Australia
Hebrew פרת׳
  • פרת׳city in Western Australia
Hindi पर्थ
  • पर्थ (parth)city in Western Australia
Irish Peairt
  • Peairtcity in Scotland
Japanese パース, パース
  • パース (Pāsu)city in Scotland
  • パース (Pāsu)city in Western Australia
Korean 퍼스, 퍼스
  • 퍼스 (Peoseu)city in Scotland
  • 퍼스 (Peoseu)city in Western Australia
Māori Peraha
  • Perahacity in Western Australia
Persian پرث
  • پرث (pers)city in Western Australia
Polish Perth, Perth
  • Perthcity in Scotland
  • Perthcity in Western Australia
Portuguese Perth, Perth
  • Perthcity in Scotland
  • Perthcity in Western Australia
Romanian Perth, Perth
  • Perthcity in Scotland
  • Perthcity in Western Australia
Russian Перт, Перт
  • Перт (Pɛrt)city in Scotland
  • Пертcity in Scotland
  • Перт (Pɛrt)city in Western Australia
  • Пертcity in Western Australia
Scottish Gaelic Peairt, Peairt
  • Peairtcity in Scotland
  • Peairtcity in Western Australia
Spanish Perth
  • Perthcity in Western Australia
Thai เพิร์ท
  • เพิร์ท (pêrt)city in Western Australia
Ukrainian Перт
  • Пертcity in Western Australia
Vietnamese Perth
  • Perthcity in Western Australia

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Perth

earthworthbirthsurfturfrebirthberthfirthnerfgirthsmurfunearthmirthdeartherfMRFMurphserfkerfscurfBlue Earthdurfedge of the earthinearth
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Sounds the same

perf (th-fronting)

Anagrams

therp
Cite this entry
APA

Perth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Perth

MLA

“Perth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Perth. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Perth,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Perth.

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