PERTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Perth mean? 

• PERTH (noun)
  The noun PERTH has 1 sense:

1. the state capital of Western Australia

  Familiarity information: PERTH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERTH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state capital of Western Australia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

state capital (the capital city of a political subdivision of a country)

Holonyms ("Perth" is a part of...):

Western Australia (a state containing the western third of Australia)

 Context examples 

He mentioned the beauties of his native country and asked us if those were not sufficient allurements to induce us to prolong our journey as far north as Perth, where he resided.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

He besought me, therefore, to leave my solitary isle and to meet him at Perth, that we might proceed southwards together.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

We left Edinburgh in a week, passing through Coupar, St. Andrew’s, and along the banks of the Tay, to Perth, where our friend expected us.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)